demonstrate

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dem·on·strate /ˈdemənstreɪt/ W2 AWL verb

1 [transitiveT]PROVE to show or prove something clearly 說明；證明，論證，證實

The study demonstrates the link between poverty and malnutrition.

這項研究證明了貧困與營養不良之間的聯系。

demonstrate that

Hitchcock’s films demonstrate that a British filmmaker could learn from Hollywood.

希區柯克的影片證明，英國電影制作人可以向好萊塢學習。

demonstrate how/what/why etc

This section will attempt to demonstrate how the Bank of England operates.

這一部分將試圖說明英格蘭銀行是如何運作的。

The government now has an opportunity to demonstrate its commitment to reform.

政府現在有機會表明改革的決心了。

2 [transitiveT]EXPLAIN to show or describe how to do something or how something works 示範，演示

demonstrate how

They’ll be demonstrating how to handle modern, high performance cars.

他們將演示如何操控現代化的高性能汽車。

Instructors should demonstrate new movements before letting the class try them.

教練應該先進行示範，再讓全班學生去做新的動作。

► see thesaurus at explain, show

3 [intransitiveI]PROTEST to protest or support something in public with a lot of other people 遊行，示威

Supporters demonstrated outside the courtroom during the trial.

審判期間，支持者們在法庭外示威。

demonstrate against

What are they demonstrating against?

他們在示威抗議什麽？

4 [transitiveT]PROVE to show that you have a particular ability, quality, or feeling 展示，表露出〔某種能力、品質或感情〕

He has demonstrated an ability to meet deadlines.

他展示了如期完成任務的能力。

Examples from the Corpus

demonstrate• But leadership, like art, can be demonstrated.• If you still don't understand, Marcia will be happy to demonstrate.• The studies demonstrate a clear link between smoking and heart disease.• More than a decade of performance and change has demonstrated a remarkably consistent, if counterintuitive, phenomenon.• Thousands of workers and students demonstrated against US involvement in the war.• His commitment to the company is demonstrated by his work on the project.• That this substance is divine and intelligent is demonstrated by the orderliness of the universe.• Aerobics instructors should always demonstrate each new movement first.• Brenda wanted to demonstrate her sympathy in a practical way.• A long-range effort from Eyjolfur Sverrisson was parried by Lukic and Walter demonstrated his predatory instincts ruthlessly inside the box.• He will also have demonstrated his willingness to leave a marriage.• Here are some examples that demonstrate how badly some students write their resumés.• A trainer came in to demonstrate how the new computer system worked.• Try to round off your answer by demonstrating how your old job has prepared you to do the job you are applying for.• Sloan demonstrated impressive leadership in building a company that took employees' needs into account.• Thousands of people demonstrated outside the parliament building last night.• Joe and Helyne Victor have also demonstrated parent power in their own family and to this entire business.• The President is anxious to demonstrate that he has a strong foreign policy.• I'm afraid this whole episode demonstrates that we have become less compassionate as a society.• The ski instructor began by demonstrating the correct way to turn.• The new law was intended to demonstrate the government's concern for the lowest paid workers.• Or perhaps the don't knows didn't know where to demonstrate their indecision.• You've got to be able to demonstrate to people that the union can help in these cases.• The Soviets had demonstrated unsuspected scientific and engineering skills.• The assessment center gives each applicant the opportunity to demonstrate whether they are suited to the work.

demonstrate that• Study 1 demonstrated that drivers were substantially more likely to recall those situations in which they had experienced risk.• The Harlows have demonstrated that, in monkeys, these effects are slightly diminished rather than heightened by material influence.• It demonstrates that in the post-Cold War world, middle powers can avail themselves of new power to build coalitions.• It demonstrated that Payne was no longer a novice.• Scientific evidence demonstrates that smoking can cause birth defects.• In addition these dissociation profiles appear to demonstrate that the enhanced DNase I cleavage disappears more slowly than the actual footprint.• Only when Brearley demonstrated that the problem could be solved by carefully controlled heat treatment did the stainless-steel knife become widely used.• Drescher, however, has demonstrated that there were at least twenty-seven public meetings for anti-slave trade petitioning in 1788.• In the United States it has been clearly demonstrated that they do.

demonstrate how• There's only one way you can cripple a bad scientist, and that's to demonstrate how bad his science is.• The event demonstrated how deeply seated were the suspicions of both sides, and how far apart their views.• The awards scheme, launched last year, aims to demonstrate how game shooting and conservation work for a better countryside.• After studying his agency's current advertising he worked out alternative campaigns, demonstrating how he would handle them.• Most of the examples demonstrate how power bases flowing from personality served to fuel strategies in all three success categories.• Earlier case studies demonstrated how this may be done.• A Colgate marketer demonstrates how to use the toothpaste and a toothbrush.• It also demonstrated how volatile the presidential race is, with change an ever-present participant.

demonstrate against• Several thousand people came to demonstrate against abortion.

Origin demonstrate

(1500-1600) Latin demonstratus, past participle of demonstrare, from monstrare “to show”

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