They perfunctorily consoled him with a few words.

他们敷衍了事安慰了他几句。

His wife has a forbearing nature; she accepts trouble with a smile.

"他生容忍,遇到麻烦都能一笑了事。"

He has a forbearing nature; he accepts trouble with a smile.

他生容忍，遇到麻烦都能一笑了事。

Residents claim they were given the runaround by the local council, from whom they had no help at all.

居民指出当委员会对他们敷衍了事，没有提供任何帮助。

"At least, they shall say of me," thought this exemplary man, "that I leave no public duty unperformed, nor ill performed!"

“至少，他们在谈起我时，”这位为楷模忖，“会认为裁并非未尽公职或草草了事！”