February 22, 2008

Perfunctory ***

perfunctory 



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a. (形容詞 adjective)

          1.    敷衍的,馬虎的;得過且過的
                      There was a perfunctory search of his bags at the airport.
                      在機場他的行李被馬馬虎虎檢查了一下。


The Columbia Guide to Standard American English

peremptory, perfunctory (adjs.) 
 
Peremptory (pronounced puhr-EMPT-tuh-ree) means "something that can’t or won’t be denied" and hence "something dogmatic and dictatorial," as in

She was a tyrant, peremptory in ordering us about. 
A peremptory challenge in the courts brings about the automatic dismissal of a possible juror. 

Perfunctory (pronounced puhr-FUHNK-tuhr-ee) means "trivial, something done without attention, routinely, carelessly," as in His performance was perfunctory and lackluster


corpse_bride The cheekily grotesque whimsy of these characters, with their removable body parts and PG-rated gore, felt fresh in those films, but here it just seems perfunctory and warmed over. 


see laconic curt imperious haphazard








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