to go through the motions 摆样子，走过场（成语）

英文释义

To pretend to do something by merely showing action without any serious intention.

例句

Every morning the employees of the failing business arrived at work and sat at their desks, but there were no customers, so they knew they were just going through the motions.

每天早上，这家快破产的企业的员工都来上班，坐在桌子旁边，但由于没有客户，他们知道，他们只是摆摆样子。