demonstration

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /dɛmənˈstɹeɪʃən/    美 /dɛmənˈstɹeɪʃən/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act of demonstrating; showing or explaining something. countable,uncountable
    — [VV]e are able with playne demonſtration to proue, and vvith reaſon to perſvvade that in tymes paſt our fayth vvas alike, that then vve preached thinges correſpondent vnto the forme of faith already published of vs, ſo that none in this behalfe can repyne or gaynesay vs.
  2. The act of demonstrating; showing or explaining something.; A prisoner's act of beating up another prisoner. countable,slang,uncountable
  3. An event at which something will be demonstrated. countable,uncountable
    — I have to give a demonstration to the class tomorrow, and I'm ill-prepared.
  4. Expression of one's feelings by outward signs. countable,uncountable
  5. A public display of group opinion, such as a protest march. countable,uncountable
    — It's produced tremendous activism and backlash: there's been all sorts of demonstrations and mobilizations in civil society, there's been examples from the people from the Administration being heckled in a restaurant or not served in a restaurant, there's been a growing crescendo of conversation about what that means.
  6. A show of military force. countable,uncountable
  7. A proof. countable,uncountable
    — He read the proposition. […] So he reads the demonstration of it, which referred him back to such a proposition,; which proposition he read.

词形变化

demonstrations plural

词汇关系

衍生词
counterdemonstration demonstrational demonstration garden demonstration sport nondemonstration redemonstration return demonstration telestration
相关词
demo demonstrable demonstrate demonstrator monster remonstration

词源

From Middle English demonstracioun, from Old French demonstration, from Latin dēmōnstrātiōnem, from dēmōnstrāre (“show or explain”), from dē- (“of or concerning”) + mōnstrāre (“show”).
Morphologically demonstrate + -ion.
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