“Go through the motions”
Work意味
真の興味や努力を伴わずに、機械的に何かを行うこと。
English: To do something mechanically without real interest or effort.
例文
例文
1 / 2“He was going through the motions at work after losing interest in the project.”
彼はプロジェクトへの興味を失ってからは、何の努力もせずに機械的に仕事をこなしていた。
Use this idiom in context
Rewrite this example in plain English without the idiom. Preserve who is speaking, the time and the meaning.
He was going through the motions at work after losing interest in the project.Compare with the original example
He was going through the motions at work after losing interest in the project.
彼はプロジェクトへの興味を失ってからは、何の努力もせずに機械的に仕事をこなしていた。
Write a two-line conversation using “Go through the motions”. Make the situation clear enough that a reader can infer the meaning. Then replace the idiom with a plain-English explanation: does your conversation still mean the same thing?
Check the expression in a dictionaryよくある質問
- What does "Go through the motions" mean?
- "Go through the motions" means 真の興味や努力を伴わずに、機械的に何かを行うこと。.
- How do you use "Go through the motions" in a sentence?
- Example: "He was going through the motions at work after losing interest in the project."
- Should I interpret "Go through the motions" word for word?
- Understand the expression as a whole. Use the definition and example to learn its meaning rather than translating each word separately.