I go to work each day just to go through the motions and collect a paycheck.

我每天上班只是例行公事，就是为了工资。

youdao

Everybody took a lady and processioned down to the dining-room, because it is usual to go through the motions; but there the dispute began.

每个人都挽着一位女士，鱼贯进入餐厅，因为通常都是这么干的；然而，争议就此开始了。

youdao

If you're going to go through the motions every day, putting minimal effort into the job you say you hate (or, worse, feel ambivalent about), you will definitely not feel fulfilled.

如果你每天只是走过场，对你认为讨厌的工作不愿付出努力，你清楚的知道自己将不会得到满足。

youdao

"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.

VOA: standard.2009.11.05

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."

VOA: special.2009.11.13

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