核心畫面

Picture something being made visible on purpose, so that other people can see it for themselves rather than just take your word for it. Show how a machine works and it is a demo; show that a fact or feeling is real and it is proof; take that showing into the street with a crowd and it is a protest.

可以想成:有人刻意把某樣東西擺到看得見的地方,讓別人親眼看到,而不是只聽你說。示範機器怎麼用,是一種展示;讓大家看見更多收起可以想成:有人刻意把某樣東西擺到看得見的地方,讓別人親眼看到,而不是只聽你說。示範機器怎麼用,是一種展示;讓大家看見某件事或某份心意是真的,就成了證明;把這個「給大家看」搬到街上、而且是一大群人一起,就成了示威。

From the picture

上街表達訴求

同樣是「給大家看」,只是主角變成一群人,展示的內容是他們的訴求或不滿,場地在公共空間。

protest · noun · B1

a public event where a lot of people come together, often in the streets, to show what they want or what they think is wrong.

示威遊行

Also in this word

demonstration, showing how · noun · A2

an act of showing someone how to do something, or how something works.

示範;展示

proof, evidence · noun · B2

something that clearly shows that a feeling, a quality, or a fact is real.

表現;明證

原始詞典資料7 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。

demonstrationnoun/dɛmənˈstɹeɪʃən/

  • 1

    The act of demonstrating; showing or explaining something.

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  • 2

    slangThe act of demonstrating; showing or explaining something.

  • 3

    An event at which something will be demonstrated.

    • I have to give a demonstration to the class tomorrow, and I'm ill-prepared.
  • 4

    Expression of one's feelings by outward signs.

  • 5

    A public display of group opinion, such as a protest march.

    • 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.
    • Even when there had been hecklers, Victor and other members would focus on setting up their demonstration — signs reading “Let them go now,” and posters bearing the faces of 58 hostages still being held in Gaza.
  • 6

    A show of military force.

  • 7

    human-sciencesmathematicsphilosophyA proof.

    • He read the proposition. […] So he reads the demonstration of it, which referred him back to such a proposition,; which proposition he read.
    • If, then, proof from the basic truth is more accurate than proof not so derived, demonstration which depends more closely on it is more accurate than demonstration which is less closely dependent.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。