They go through the motions of releasing the latch from the space station.

他们重复了松开空间站门闩的动作。

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You can't afford to just coast along, or go through the motions, if you're running a business.

如果你在经营事业的话，你不能只是走走过场而已。

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"Next, we may go through the motions of saying the words, but not really feeling that we forgive."

接下来，我们可以通过我们的感情说一些话，但是不是真的宽恕的感觉。

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"Today's summit is not lip service. We are not going to go through the motions and pay tribute to one another and then furl up the flags and go our separate ways.

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Today's summit is not lip service. We are not going through the motions, and pay tribute to one another, then furl up the flags then go our separate ways."

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We're not going to go through the motions and pay tribute to one another, and then furl up the flags and go our separate ways.

WHITEHOUSE: President Obama Opens Tribal Nations Conference

This suggests that he is likely to go through the motions of consulting the Popular Committees that nominally run his country before announcing a decision.

ECONOMIST: Libya and the bombed airliners | The

American K-12 education has an infinite capacity to absorb money, even to go through the motions of doing what the donor wants--so long as the outside funding lasts.

FORBES: Bill Gates' New Education Plan