[gloss things over; do the routine work superficially; muddle with one's duty] 办事责任心不强, 将就应付

fū yǎn liǎo shì

to do things half-heartedly

to merely go through the motions

do things carelessly; attend to a matter negligently -- without due care; be half-hearted about one's work; be slipshod in work; do sth. in a perfunctory manner; finish a job carelessly; give a lick and a promise; gloss things over; go through the motions (of); make a muddle of one's work; muddle through one's work; muddle with one's work; negligently finish up a matter; play at; shuffle through one's work; skimp through one's work so as to be done with it; work perfunctorily:

【释义】敷衍：做事不认真；了：完。指办事马马虎虎，只求应付过去就算完事。

【近义】敷衍塞责

【反义】尽心竭力

【出处】清·李宝嘉《官场现形记》第一回：“也有先作揖，后磕头的，也有磕起头来，再作一个揖的。礼生见他们参差不齐，也只好由他们敷衍了事。”

【用例】我们办事要认真负责，不应采取敷衍了事的态度。