make a show of

/shoh/US // ʃoʊ //UK // (ʃəʊ) //

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb

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showed, shown or showed, show·ing.
- : to cause or allow to be seen; exhibit; display.
- : to present or perform as a public entertainment or spectacle: to show a movie.
- : to indicate; point out: to show the way.
- : to guide, escort, or usher: He showed me to my room. Show her in.
- : to explain or make clear; make known: He showed what he meant.
- : to make known to; inform, instruct, or prove to: I'll show you what I mean.
- : to prove; demonstrate: His experiment showed the falsity of the theory.
- : to indicate, register, or mark: The thermometer showed 10 below zero.
- : to exhibit or offer for sale: to show a house.
- : to allege, as in a legal document; plead, as a reason or cause.
- : to produce, as facts in an affidavit or at a hearing.
- : to express or make evident by appearance, behavior, speech, etc.: to show one's feelings.
- : to accord or grant: He showed mercy in his decision.

v.无主动词 verb

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showed, shown or showed, show·ing.
- : to be seen; be or become visible: Does my slip show?
- : to be seen in a certain way: to show to advantage.
- : to put on an exhibition or performance; display one's goods or products: Several dress designers are showing in New York now.
- : Informal. to be present or keep an appointment; show up: He said he would be there, but he didn't show.
- : to finish third in a horse race, harness race, etc.

n.名词 noun

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- : a theatrical production, performance, or company: We’d like to catch a Broadway show while we’re in the city!
- : a radio or television program: The show is on Tuesdays at 8:00.
- : a movie: Grab a popcorn and a drink before the show starts.
- : an exposition for dealers or the public of products by various manufacturers in a particular industry, usually held in an exhibition hall, convention facility, or the like: the annual boat show.
- : any kind of public exhibition or exposition: a show of Renoirs.
- : ostentatious display: nothing but mere show.
- : a display, exhibition, or demonstration: a true show of freedom.
- : an indication; trace: He frowned on the slightest show of emotion.
- : the position of the competitor who comes in third in a horse race, harness race, etc.Compare place, win.
- : appearance; impression: to make a sorry show.
- : a sight or spectacle.
- : an unreal or deceptive appearance: The actress's tears had the show of grief.
- : an act or instance of showing.
- : Informal. a chance: to get a fair show.
- : Medicine/Medical. the first appearance of blood at the onset of menstruation.a blood-tinged mucous discharge from the vagina that indicates the onset of labor.
- : Chiefly British Informal. any undertaking, group of persons, event, etc.; affair; thing.

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- : show off, to display ostentatiously: The parade was designed to show off all the latest weapons of war.to seek to gain attention by displaying prominently one's abilities or accomplishments.
- : show up, to make known, as faults; expose; reveal.to exhibit in a certain way; appear: White shows up well against a blue background.to come to or arrive at a place: We waited for two hours, but he didn't show up.to make seem inferior; outdo.

Phrases

show and tell
show must go on, the
show off
show of hands
show one's colors
show one's face
show one's hand
show one's heels
show one's teeth
show one's true colors
show signs of
show someone the door
show someone the ropes
show someone a good time
show someone out
show the way
show the white feather
show to advantage
show up
bare (show) one's teeth
dog-and-pony show
false colors, show
for show
get the show on the road
go to show
know (show) the ropes
one-man show
road show
run the show
steal the show
(show one's) true colors

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inseem

Synonyms

imply意味着,暗示,暗示着,暗指 look样子,脸色,貌似,貌 show显示,展示,显示出,表明 sound声音,声响,音响,音效 suggest建议,暗示,提出建议,提议 assume假设,假定,承担,担当 hint暗示,提示,暗示着 insinuate含沙射影,影射,隐含,暗示 intimate亲切,亲切的,亲近,亲近的 pretend假装,装作,装扮,假设 resemble类似于,类似,像,貌似 be suggestive of象征着,暗示,暗示着,暗示了 convey the impression传达印象,印象,给人的印象是,给人以印象 create the impression造成印象,印象,给人以印象,给人印象 give the feeling of给人一种,给人的感觉是,给人感觉,给人感觉是 give the idea of给人的感觉是,暗示着,提出了,暗示 have the appearance of貌似,俨然一副,貌似有,貌似是 have the aspects of具有,具备,具有以下几个方面,具有以下方面 have the earmarks of具备以下特征,具备以下特点,具备 have the features of具有以下特点,具有以下特征,有以下特点,具有如下特点 have the qualities of具备,具备以下素质,具有,具备了 look as if看起来像,看似,看起来像是,看上去像 look like看起来像,看起来像是,看起来像极了,貌似 look to be看起来是,貌似是,看起来像,看起来像是 show every sign of显示出各种迹象,呈现出各种迹象,呈现出各种迹象表明,显示出各种迹象表明 sound like听起来像,听起来像是,听起来好像,听起来 strike one as being让人觉得,让人感觉到,让人感觉到的是,让人不解的是

Examples

Policemen on the show joke about prison riots, bomb threats, and the shooting of unarmed civilians.
As soon as this attack [happened], Paris citizens came together to show were are not afraid, we are Charlie Hebdo.
And they might not have to wait that long to show their political heft.
Not actual CIA agents, but U.S. government personnel who have worked very closely with the CIA, and who are fans of the show.
Earlier this week, Huckabee ended his Fox News talk show so he could spend time mulling another bid for the Republican nomination.
None other would dare to show herself unveiled to a stranger, and a white man at that.
I shall show how it is possible thus to prolong life to the term set by God.
Not only do children thus of themselves extend the scope of our commands, they show a disposition to make rules for themselves.
He called upon the Order to show their title-deeds, but was met with a contemptuous refusal.
If any one has lost his temper, as well as his money, he takes good care not to show it; to do so here would be indeed bad form.

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