[請益] 為做而做 英文講法

[useeseeu (U See See U)]

請教版上先進，

如果要表達 "這人做的很多事情都是為做而做" => 有點像是做很多事但真的有用的較少

有點貶意，暗指這人花拳繡腿，刷存在感但實際有用的功勞很少。

如果直接說 He did lots of stuffs but most of them are not that valuable.

感覺跟中文想表達的還是不太一樣。

有沒有比較貼近中文原文的英文表達方法?

謝謝

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※ 編輯: useeseeu (210.176.71.65), 01/30/2018 15:20:39
※ 編輯: useeseeu (210.176.71.65), 01/30/2018 15:21:49
推 hasah: Do for attention?
推 Xa73: Does something for show, if not as a formality
推 SeanBoog: A superficial person
推 sber: For the sake of doing thing. He only does things for the
→ sber: sake of doing something. Or, he does things to appear
→ sber: busy.  前面貼近原本用語 但是我覺得後面意義比較通
→ sber: ^"For the sake of doing thing"-> "..of doing something"
推 zwilling: `XStuff 不加 s, 真喜歡s 可用things，但其實以你的文意
→ zwilling: 不需翻出這個字也無妨。
→ zwilling: 我大概會說He seems to have done a lot but none brin
→ zwilling: gs value.