“走过场”，原本指戏剧演出中“角色从一侧出场，马上从另一侧退场，中间不作停留（go from one end of the stage to the other without stopping）”。

 

现在用来比喻“只是表面上做做样子，不采取实际行动（pretend to do something by acting¹ as if one was really doing it）”，或“不求实效，敷衍了事（do something without thinking it is very important or having much interest in it）”。

 

相当于英文的“do something as a mere² formality（例行公事）”或“go through the motions”。

 

例句：

 

这过场我们必须走。

This is a formality we must go through.

 

他已经知道自己被录用了，所以面试仅仅是走走过场。

He already knows he has the job so the interview is a mere formality.

 

他说他一直在调查我的投诉，但我觉得他只是在走过场。

He says he's been investigating my complaint, but I feel he's just going through the motions.

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