showing

noun

1. 放映
   an act of showing a film/movie
   1. There are three showings a day.
      一天放映三场。
2. 表现
   evidence of how well or how badly sb/sth is performing
   1. the strong/poor showing of the Green Party in the election
      绿党在这次选举中的强劲 / 不佳表现
   2. On (= judging by) last week's showing, the team is unlikely to win today.
      从上星期的表现来看，这支队伍今天不大可能获胜。

1. VERB 显示;表明;证明
   If something shows that a state of affairs exists, it gives information that proves it or makes it clear to people.
   1. Research shows that a high-fibre diet may protect you from bowel cancer...
      研究表明高纤维饮食可预防肠癌。
   2. He was arrested at his home in Southampton after a breath test showed he had drunk more than twice the legal limit for driving...
      呼吸测醉检测显示其饮酒量是法定驾车饮酒限量的两倍多，他随即在南安普顿的家中被捕。
   3. These figures show an increase of over one million in unemployment...
      这些数据表明失业人数增加了 100 多万。
   4. It was only later that the drug was shown to be addictive...
      直到后来才证明该药是会成瘾的。
   5. You'll be given regular blood tests to show whether you have been infected.
      你将接受定期的血液检查以确定你是否已被感染。
2. VERB (图画、图表、影像或文章)描绘，描述，展示，说明
   If a picture, chart, film, or piece of writing shows something, it represents it or gives information about it.
   1. Figure 4.1 shows the respiratory system...
      图表 4.1 所示为呼吸系统。
   2. ...a coin showing Cleopatra...
      刻有克娄巴特拉头像的硬币
   3. The cushions, shown left, measure 20 × 12 inches and cost $39.95...
      展示在左边的垫子，长 20 英寸宽 12 英寸，价格是39.95 美元。
   4. Much of the film shows the painter simply going about his task...
      这部电影大部分都在描述那位画家如何完全沉溺于自己的工作。
   5. Our photograph shows how the plants will turn out.
      我们的照片展示了植物的生长状况。
3. VERB 给…看;向…出示(或展示);指给…看
   If you show someone something, you give it to them, take them to it, or point to it, so that they can see it or know what you are referring to.
   1. Cut out this article and show it to your bank manager...
      将这篇文章剪下来，拿给你的银行经理看。
   2. He showed me the flat he shares with Esther...
      他带我看了他和埃丝特合住的公寓。
   3. I showed them where the gun was...
      我指给他们看枪在哪里。
   4. Show me which one you like and I'll buy it for you.
      指给我看你喜欢哪个，我给你买。
4. VERB 引，带，领(某人到某处)
   If you show someone to a room or seat, you lead them there.
   1. Let me show you to my study...
      我带你去我的书房。
   2. Milton was shown into the office...
      米尔顿被领到了办公室。
   3. John will show you upstairs, Mr Penry...
      约翰会带你上楼，彭里先生。
   4. I'll show you the way.
      我给你领路。
5. VERB (通过示范)教…，向…演示，做给…看
   If you show someone how to do something, you do it yourself so that they can watch you and learn how to do it.
   1. Claire showed us how to make a chocolate roulade...
      克莱尔给我们示范了如何做巧克力卷。
   2. There are seasoned professionals who can teach you and show you what to do...
      有经验丰富的专家教你，并向你演示怎么做。
   3. Mother asked me to show you how the phones work...
      妈妈要我教你怎么用电话。
   4. Dr. Reichert has shown us a new way to look at those behavior problems.
      赖克特医生向我们展示了一种看待那些行为问题的新方法。
6. V-ERG (使)露出;(使)显现;(使)变得显著
   If something shows or if you show it, it is visible or noticeable.
   1. He showed his teeth in a humourless grin...
      他一本正经地咧嘴笑了笑。
   2. His beard was just beginning to show signs of grey...
      他的胡子才刚有点泛白。
   3. Faint glimmers of daylight were showing through the treetops...
      微弱的日光从树梢中透出。
   4. I'd driven both ways down this road but my tracks didn't show.
      这条路我开车来回都走过了，但是却看不出来车辙在哪。
7. V-ERG 表现，体现，流露出(态度、品质或情感);(态度等)体现，流露
   If you show a particular attitude, quality, or feeling, or if it shows, you behave in a way that makes this attitude, quality, or feeling clear to other people.
   1. Elsie has had enough time to show her gratitude...
      埃尔茜有足够的时间来表达她的感激之情。
   2. She showed no interest in her children...
      她对自己的孩子毫无兴趣。
   3. Ferguson was unhappy and it showed...
      弗格森很不开心，能看得出来。
   4. You show me respect...
      你对我表示尊重。
   5. Mr Clarke has shown himself to be resolutely opposed to compromise...
      克拉克先生已表示自己坚决反对妥协。
   6. The baby was tugging at his coat to show that he wanted to be picked up.
      宝宝在使劲拽他的衣服，表示他希望被抱起来。
8. VERB 显示出，表露出，流露出(某种品质或特征);(品质或特征)表露，显示
   If something shows a quality or characteristic or if that quality or characteristic shows itself, it can be noticed or observed.
   1. The story shows a strong narrative gift and a vivid eye for detail...
      这个故事显示了作者较强的叙事能力和对细节的观察入微。
   2. Middle East peace talks in Washington showed signs of progress yesterday...
      昨天在华盛顿举行的中东和谈有了取得进展的迹象。
   3. Her popularity clearly shows no sign of waning...
      她的受欢迎程度显然没有下降的迹象。
   4. How else did his hostility to women show itself?
      他还以什么别的方式来表露对女性的敌意呢？
9. N-COUNT (情感、品质等的)流露，表露，体现
   A show of a feeling or quality is an attempt by someone to make it clear that they have that feeling or quality.
   1. Miners gathered in the centre of Bucharest in a show of support for the government...
      矿工们聚集在布加勒斯特市中心以表示对政府的支持。
   2. A crowd of more than 10,000 has gathered in a show of strength...
      已经有 10,000 多人聚集起来以显示他们的力量。
   3. She said goodbye to Hilda with a convincing show of affection...
      她和希尔达道别时流露出了明显的爱意。
   4. Mr Morris was determined to put on a show of family unity.
      莫里斯先生决心摆出一副家庭团结的样子。
10. N-UNCOUNT 装出的样子;假象
    If you say that something is for show, you mean that it has no real purpose and is done just to give a good impression.
    1. The change in government is more for show than for real...
       政府的转变更多的是装装样子，而不是真的。
    2. 'It's all show,' said Linus. 'The girls don't take it seriously.'
       “全是装的，”莱纳斯说。“女孩子们不会拿它当真的。”
11. VERB 出现(盈利或亏损)
    If a company shows a profit or a loss, its accounts indicate that it has made a profit or a loss.
    1. It is the only one of the three companies expected to show a profit for the quarter...
       那是3个公司中唯一一家预计会在本季度盈利的公司。
    2. Lonrho's mining and minerals businesses showed some improvement.
       朗荷公司的采矿及矿产业务有了些起色。
12. VERB 如约赶到;出现;露面
    If a person you are expecting to meet does not show, they do not arrive at the place where you expect to meet them.
    1. There was always a chance he wouldn't show.
       他总是有可能不出现。
    2. Show up means the same as show .
       show up 同 show
    3. We waited until five o'clock, but he did not show up...
       我们一直等到了 5 点，但是他始终没有露面。
    4. He always shows up in a fancy car...
       他总是乘坐一辆奢华轿车露面。
    5. If I don't show up for class this morning, I'll be kicked out.
       如果我今天上午不去上课，我就要被开除了。
13. N-COUNT (电视或广播)节目，秀
    A television or radio show is a programme on television or radio.
    1. I had my own TV show...
       我有自己的电视节目。
    2. This is the show in which Loyd Grossman visits the houses of the famous.
       这就是劳埃德·格罗斯曼拜访名人家庭的那档节目。
    3. ...a popular talk show on a Cuban radio station...
       古巴一个电台的一档很受欢迎的脱口秀节目
    4. A daily one-hour news show can cost $250,000 to produce.
       时长为一小时的日播新闻节目的制作费用可能会高达 25 万美元。
14. N-COUNT (尤指包括音乐、舞蹈、滑稽剧等不同内容的)演出，表演
    A show in a theatre is an entertainment or concert, especially one that includes different items such as music, dancing, and comedy.
    1. How about going shopping and seeing a show in London?...
       去伦敦购物再看场演出怎么样？
    2. He has earned a reputation as the man who can close a show with a bad review...
       他因可以用一则恶评毙掉一场演出而闻名。
    3. The band are playing a handful of shows at smaller venues.
       乐队要在小一点的场馆举办几场演出。
15. VERB 放映;播出
    If someone shows a film or television programme, it is broadcast or appears on television or in the cinema.
    1. The BBC World Service Television news showed the same film clip...
       英国广播公司对外电视频道的新闻节目播放了同样的电影剪辑片段。
    2. The drama will be shown on American TV next year...
       明年这部剧将在美国电视台播出。
    3. American films are showing at Moscow's cinemas.
       美国电影正在莫斯科各影院上映。
16. N-COUNT 展览;展览会;展品
    A show is a public exhibition of things, such as works of art, fashionable clothes, or things that have been entered in a competition.
    1. The venue for the show is Birmingham's National Exhibition Centre Hall...
       展览地点在伯明翰国家展览中心大厅。
    2. Gucci will be holding fashion shows to present their autumn collection...
       古奇将举办时装发布会推出他们的秋装系列。
    3. Two complementary exhibitions are on show at the Africa Centre...
       两场互为补充的展览正在非洲中心展出。
    4. Today his picture goes on show at the National Portrait Gallery.
       今天他的画作在国家肖像美术馆展出。
17. VERB 展览，陈列(艺术品等)
    To show things such as works of art means to put them in an exhibition where they can be seen by the public.
    1. 50 dealers will show oils, watercolours, drawings and prints from 1900 to 1992.
       50 名艺术品经销商将展出 1900 年到1992 年间的油画、水彩画、素描和版画。
    2. ...one of East Village's better-known galleries, where he showed and sold his work.
       他曾在那儿展销作品的东村著名的美术馆之一
18. (赛马比赛中赛马)名列前三甲
    In a horse race, if a horse shows, it finishes first, second, or third.
19. (房屋)用于展览的，样板的
    A show home, house, or flat is one of a group of new homes. The building company decorates it and puts furniture in it, and people who want to buy one of the homes come and look round it.
20. PHRASE 举手表决
    If a question is decided by a show of hands, people vote on it by raising their hands to indicate whether they vote yes or no.
    1. Parliamentary leaders agreed to take all such decisions by a show of hands...
       议会领导人同意所有这样的决定都要举手表决。
    2. Russell then asked for a show of hands concerning each of the targets.
       拉塞尔然后要求对每个目标进行举手表决。
21. PHRASE 在…方面做出了成绩;在…方面有结果
    If you have something to show for your efforts, you have achieved something as a result of what you have done.
    1. I'm nearly 31 and it's about time I had something to show for my time in my job...
       我快 31 岁了,是该在工作上做出一番成绩的时候了。
    2. It always amazed her how little she had to show for the amount she spent.
       她的付出那么多，收获却那样少，这一直让她惊诧不已。
22. PHRASE (用来威胁或警告别人)我要让你看看，你就等着瞧吧
    You can say 'I'll show you' to threaten or warn someone that you are going to make them admit that they are wrong.
    1. She shook her fist. 'I'll show you,' she said...
       她挥了挥拳头，“我要让你看看，”她说。
    2. I'll show him, leave it to me.
       我会让他好看的，交给我好了。
23. PHRASE 这恰恰证明;这正好表明
    If you say it just goes to show or it just shows that something is the case, you mean that what you have just said or experienced demonstrates that it is the case.
    1. This just goes to show that getting good grades in school doesn't mean you're clever...
       这恰恰证明了在学校得高分并不意味着聪明。
    2. It's crazy and just shows the inconsistency of refereeing.
       这太荒唐了，不过恰恰证明了裁判的前后矛盾。
24. PHRASE 掌管一切;操纵局势
    If you say that someone is running the show, you mean that they are in control or in charge of a situation.
    1. They made it clear who is now running the show...
       他们清楚地表明了现在是谁在掌控一切。
    2. There's some serious problems with the way the state's leadership has been running the show.
       国家领导班子的治国方式存在一些严重的问题。
25. PHRASE 大出风头;抢尽镜头
    If you say that someone steals the show, you mean that they get a lot of attention or praise because they perform better than anyone else in a show or other event.
    1. It was Chinese women who stole the show on the first day of competition...
       比赛的第一天中国女队表现抢眼。
    2. Brad Pitt steals the show as the young man doomed by his zest for life.
       布拉德·皮特扮演一名因对生命怀有极大热情而注定在劫难逃的年轻人，抢尽了镜头。
26. to show someone the door → see: door

1. At the dinner table, my father would go on and on, showing off, aggrandising himself
   我父亲在餐桌上总是滔滔不绝地炫耀并吹嘘自己。
2. The cracks are showing in the walls and a lick of paint would not come amiss.
   墙面开始出现裂缝了，刷一点油漆就能补好。
3. The team secured pictures of prisoners showing signs of severe beatings.
   这个小组搞到了一些显示囚犯有被毒打痕迹的照片。
4. Youngsters love to congregate here in the evenings outside cinemas showing American films
   晚上，年轻人喜欢聚集在放映美国电影的电影院外面。
5. Some countries are showing signs of cracking under intense pressure from the United States.
   有些国家在美国的强大压力下有崩盘的迹象。
6. They are showing a marked disinclination to pursue these opportunities.
   他们对争取这些机会明显表现出不乐意。
7. He took an almost gleeful delight in showing how wrong they can be.
   他几乎是幸灾乐祸地指出他们大错特错。
8. Scientists have discovered remarkable new evidence showing how the body rebuilds itself while we sleep
   科学家们已经发现了令人瞩目的新证据，说明了人体在睡眠状态下是如何自我修复的。
9. Richard was marshalling the doctors and nurses, showing them where to go.
   理查德正在召集医护人员，向他们说明去哪里。
10. It's a noisy place with film clips showing constantly on one of the cafe's giant screens
    这个咖啡馆很嘈杂，室内的一个大屏幕上不停地播放着电影片断。
11. In showing contempt for the heavyweight championship Douglas offended a stern code.
    道格拉斯藐视重量级拳王称号的行为违背了严格的准则。
12. The officer's mouth opened, showing white, even teeth.
    那个军官咧开嘴，露出洁白整齐的牙齿。
13. Western businessmen are showing remarkable prudence in investing in the region
    西方商人在向该地区投资时表现出非同一般的深谋远虑。
14. You're taking a big risk showing this to Kravis
    你把这个给克拉维斯看会有很大的风险。
15. It often helps to make a rough sketch showing where the vehicles were.
    画一个简略的草图标示车辆当时所在的位置往往很有用。
16. Faint glimmers of daylight were showing through the treetops
    微弱的日光从树梢中透出。
17. American films are showing at Moscow's cinemas.
    美国电影正在莫斯科各影院上映。
18. He had been showing off for her at the poker table.
    牌桌上他一直在她面前表现自己。
19. Naomi was showing off her engagement ring
    娜奥米正在炫耀她的订婚戒指。
20. He actually enjoys his new hairstyle and has decided to start showing it off.
    实际上他很喜欢自己的新发型，决定要炫耀一番。
21. There have been four hundred escapes this year, showing up the lack of security.
    今年已发生400起越狱事件了，这充分显示了安全措施的不到位。
22. He wanted to teach her a lesson for showing him up in front of Leonov
    她在列昂诺夫面前让他难堪，他要教训她一通。
23. They have started showing a strong soul element in their sound
    他们的音乐风格开始表现出一种强烈的灵乐特色。
24. She was deeply moved and in spite of herself could not help showing it.
    她被深深地打动了，禁不住为之动容。
25. The evening was topped off by a special showing of the museum's new Degas exhibit
    最后博物馆特别展示了其新收藏的一件德加作品，当晚的活动就此圆满结束。
26. The study found that some alcoholics had clear personality traits showing up early in childhood
    研究发现一些酗酒者在童年早期就显现出鲜明的人格特征。
27. Its shares were down across the first quarter, but are now showing a 20 per cent uplift.
    它的股票在第一季度陷入低迷，但现在累计已有20%的涨幅。
28. As the guide was showing us round the museum, two or three foreign tourists joined themselves on to our party.
    导游领着我们参观博物馆时，有两三个外国游客也加入了我们的行列。
29. What film are they showing this week?
    本星期放映什么影片？
30. The politician is in the limelight showing off.
    这位政客是个在众人面前爱出风头的人。

noun

1. something shown to the public
   1. the museum had many exhibits of oriental art

   Synonym:    displayexhibit

2. the display of a motion picture

   Synonym:    screeningviewing