核心畫面

One way to picture exhibition: things are taken out of storage and set where people can walk past and look. Paintings on a gallery wall is the first picture; from there the word stretches to cover the act of putting them there, and then to anything a person puts on display — a skill, a temper, an scene.

可以想成 exhibition 是把東西從倉庫裡拿出來、擺在人們走得過去、看得到的地方。第一個畫面是美術館牆上的畫;更多收起可以想成 exhibition 是把東西從倉庫裡拿出來、擺在人們走得過去、看得到的地方。第一個畫面是美術館牆上的畫;接著這個字延伸到「擺出來」這個動作本身,最後連人自己攤出來給大家看的東西——一身本事、一場脾氣、一個尷尬的場面——也都算。

From the picture

人把某種東西攤出來

被擺出來的不再是畫,而是人身上的東西:本事、情緒或行為。畫面一樣是「攤在大家眼前」,只是這次的展場是現場,展品是你自己。

display of a skill · noun · B1

A time when someone clearly shows a skill, feeling, or type of behaviour for others to see.

展現 / 表現

Also in this word

public art show · noun · B1

A public show where paintings, photos, or other objects are put out for people to come and see.

展覽 / 展覽會

act of displaying · noun · B1

The act of showing something such as art in a public place so that people can look at it.

展出 / 公開展示

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。

exhibitionnoun/ɛksɪˈbɪʃən/

  • 1

    An instance of exhibiting, or something exhibited.

  • 2

    A large-scale public showing of objects or products.

    • There was an art exhibition on in the town hall.
    • a boat exhibition
  • 3

    A public display, intentional or otherwise, generally characterised as negative.

    • a shameful exhibition
    • a disgusting exhibition
  • 4

    A demonstration of personal skill or feelings.

    • "I could not have believed," remarked Francesca, "had I not witnessed it since my residence in your country, how the reality and the affectation of feeling can exist together. Before I left our solitary home, the very exhibition of emotion would have tempted me to doubt its truth. Now, I observe that some affect, as others shun, display; yet the feeling is equally true in both."
  • 5

    A financial award or prize given to a student (who becomes an exhibitioner) by a school or university, usually on the basis of academic merit.

    • He was a scholarship boy who had won an Exhibition to Oxford, and then, like so many others, had found himself thrown upon the slave market of pedagogy.
    • Despite a couple of rustications, he gained an exhibition to Cambridge.
  • 6

    hobbieslifestylesportsA game which does not impact the standings for any major cup or competition.

exhibitionverb/ɛksɪˈbɪʃən/

  • 1

    To participate in sexual exhibitionism.

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