Look, it's pro forma. It's window dressing.

这是惯例 走个过场。

You realise this is just a formality.

你知道这只是走个过场吧。

The recruitment officer had said that the medical examination was a " mere formality."

征兵办长官认为体检只是“走个过场”。

Rather than living, they just tend to go through the motions.

比起生活，他们更倾向于走过场。

At all the games, this hopeful athlete sat on the bench and hardly ever played.

所有比赛他都满怀希望地坐在板凳上，却从来没有上过场。

So we would be rehearsing every day, and I would be just checking the music out.

所以们每天都会排练，而只是走个过场，听听音乐。

Among the orders: “Avoid going through the motions”.

在诸多指令中重点突出强调了“避免走过场”。

Others thought that show trials or mass executions would be the better response.

其他人的认为走过场的审判或者直接大规模处决是更好的解决办法。

But the stricture to “avoid going through the motions” is an acknowledgment that such campaigns have become ritualised.

但是对“避免走过场”的身就已经承认这些运动已经形式化了。

But she was going through the motions.

但她只是在走过场。

I feel like I'm basically going through the motions.

觉得基上是在走过场。

The defense is doing what the defense has to do.

辩护律师只是走个过场。

Government officials are going through the motions, not caring about the results.

政府官员只是走过场，不在乎结果。

Let's just laugh now and get it over with.

们狂笑一场 走个过场吧。

It's pro forma. It's one sentence on one piece of paper.

债务上限的投票 只是走个过场而已。

In the best-case scenario, Gen Ed classes will feel like a useful and interesting adventure, rather than an unskippable cutscene.

在最好的情况下，Gen Ed 课程会感觉像一个有用且有趣的冒险，而不是一个不可跳过的过场动画。

Delivering a speech is just a formality you have to go through in order to get the press release into the papers.

发表讲话只是走个过场，是为了让报纸刊登新闻稿。

It's a five-minute mention and nothing's going to happen.

就走个五分钟的过场 不会有什么事。

Maybe I should just drag my butt across it like a dog.

或许该像狗一样 屁股坐地拖着过场。

We're going against Chicago, and in the first half, I have 10, Michael has 8, somewhat going through the motions.

们的对手是芝加哥公牛，上半场得了10分，而迈克尔·乔丹得了8分，有点像走过场。