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perfunctory 音标拼音: [pɚf'ʌŋktɚi] a. 敷衍的,循例的,机械性的 敷衍的,循例的,机械性的 perfunctory adj 1: hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough; " a casual ( or cursory) inspection failed to reveal the house' s structural flaws"; " a passing glance"; " perfunctory courtesy" [ synonym: { casual}, { cursory}, { passing( a)}, { perfunctory}] 2: as a formality only; " a one- candidate pro forma election" [ synonym: { pro forma}, { perfunctory}] Perfunctory \ Per* func" to* ry\ ( p[~ e] r* f[ u^][ ng] k" t[- o]* r[ y^]), a. [ L. perfunctorius, fr. perfunctus dispatched, p. p. of perfungi to discharge, dispatch; per ( see { Per}) fungi to perform. See { Function}.] 1. Done merely to get rid of a duty; performed mechanically and as a thing of rote; done in a careless and superficial manner; characterized by indifference; as, perfunctory admonitions; a perfunctory greeting. -- Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Hence: Mechanical; indifferent; listless; careless. " Perfunctory in his devotions." -- Sharp. [ 1913 Webster] 120 Moby Thesaurus words for " perfunctory": Laodicean, airy, apathetic, at odds, ataractic, automatic, averse, backward, balking, balky, blase, businesslike, careless, casual, cold, cool, cursory, degage, devil- may- care, differing, dilatory, disagreeing, disinclined, disinterested, dismissive, disobedient, dispassionate, disregardant, disregardful, distant, easygoing, fervorless, fleeting, flippant, forced, forgetful, formal, fractious, free and easy, grudging, halfhearted, hasty, heedless, hurried, impersonal, inattentive, inconsiderate, incurious, indifferent, indisposed, indocile, inexcitable, insouciant, involuntary, lackadaisical, laggard, lazy, listless, loath, lukewarm, mechanical, mindless, mutinous, negligent, neuter, neutral, nonchalant, oblivious, offhand, opposed, pococurante, recalcitrant, reckless, refractory, regardless, reluctant, removed, renitent, resistant, respectless, restive, routine, rushed, sketchy, slipshod, slovenly, slow, slow to, spotty, standard, stock, sulky, sullen, superficial, tactless, tepid, thoughtless, turned- off, unanxious, unaware, unconcerned, unconsenting, undiplomatic, undiscriminating, unenthusiastic, unheedful, unheeding, uninterested, uninvolved, unmindful, unprepared, unready, unsolicitous, untactful, unthinking, unwilling, unzealous, usual, wooden, zealless
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