DO WELLnot very much, not very well, or not very effectively 不很好,马马虎虎,勉强凑合
‘Can you speak Russian?’ ‘After a fashion.’
“你会说俄语吗?”“勉强会一点。”
Examples from the Corpus
after a fashion• Kissing continues, after a fashion, but tongues now completely verboten.• So they became friends, after a fashion.• The group learns to ride and lassoafter a fashion.• Grubbing for business on dud leads was, at least, after a fashiondealing.• Broadman, who could readafter a fashion, peered over the top of the volume.• The gatesclangedshut again, Berwick succoured, after a fashion, with a day to go.• You met him ... Well, after a fashion, you met him ten years ago or so.• It has worked, after a fashion.• Aunt Lou seldom approved of the people who lived above her, but it worked after a fashion.