當場做一遍給人看
一樣是擺到眼前，只是這次擺出來的是「動作」：與其解釋步驟，不如直接做一次。
show how to do it · verb · B2
To show people how to do something or how something works, usually by doing it in front of them.
示範
核心畫面
Demonstrate can be pictured as putting the thing where people can see it for themselves. That is what separates it from say: saying asks you to take my word for it, while demonstrating places the evidence, the action, or the crowd right in front of you and lets you draw your own conclusion. Proving a claim with figures, showing how the machine works, marching in the street so the numbers are visible — all the same move: not telling you, showing you.
demonstrate 可以想成「把東西擺到大家眼前，讓人自己看見」。它跟 say 的差別就在這裡：說，是要對方相信…更多收起
demonstrate 可以想成「把東西擺到大家眼前，讓人自己看見」。它跟 say 的差別就在這裡：說，是要對方相信你的話；demonstrate，是把證據、動作或場面直接放在對方面前，讓看的人自己下結論。所以無論是拿數據證明一件事、當場示範怎麼用、還是上街讓大家看見有多少人這樣想，走的都是同一步——不是講給你聽，是做給你看。From the picture
走上街頭讓人看見
把「讓人看見」搬到街上：一群人站在一起，本身就是證據——人數與現場畫面說明了有多少人支持或反對。
march in protest · verb · B2
To stand or march together in a public place with many people to show you strongly support or oppose something.
示威／遊行
Also in this word
prove, show clearly · verb · B2
To show or prove something clearly, so that people can see it is true.
證明／清楚顯示
display a quality · verb · B2
To show by the way you act that you have a certain ability, quality, or feeling.
展現（能力／特質）
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
demonstrateverb/ˈdɛm.ənˌstɹeɪt/
- 1
To show how to use (something).
- Can you demonstrate the new tools for us?
- In this tape, a velvet-voiced narrator provides a stroke-by-stroke guide to massaging your partner. As she speaks, comely nude couples demonstrate.
- 2
To show the steps taken to create a logical argument or equation.
- 3
To participate in or organize a demonstration.
- Those people outside are demonstrating against the election results.
- 4
To show, display, or present; to prove or make evident
- The debate was not long on policy, as questions about the Affordable Care Act and the war in Syria demonstrated.
- "What we are trying to demonstrate is that freight lines at lower speeds can be electrified much more cheaply. […]"
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。