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Grandstanding is doing or saying something mainly so other people will notice you and admire you. The real work — fixing the problem, helping the team, making a fair plan — is not the point; the show is the point.
Grandstanding is doing or saying somethingGrandstanding指的是做或說某些事 mainly so other people will notice you and admire you主要是為了讓別人注意到你、佩服你 The real work真正的工作 — fixing the problem, helping the team, making a fair plan ——解決問題、幫助團隊、訂出公平的計畫—— is not the point才不是重點 the show is the point表演給人看才是重點
You hear it a lot about politicians, and also about people in meetings or on social media. It is a little : if you call it grandstanding, you are saying the person is showing off.
You hear it a lot about politicians這個字很常用在政治人物身上 and also about people in meetings or on social media也用在開會或社群媒體上的人身上 It is a little unkind這個詞帶點不客氣 if you call it grandstanding如果你說某人在grandstanding you are saying the person is showing off就是在說他在故意表現
It can be a noun (His speech was just grandstanding) or a verb (Stop grandstanding). Though actually, people also use it a bit loosely for any loud public display, even when the person does mean some of what they say.
It can be a noun它可以當名詞 (His speech was just grandstanding)像「His speech was just grandstanding」這樣的用法 or a verb或當動詞 (Stop grandstanding)像「Stop grandstanding」這樣 Though actually, people also use it a bit loosely不過實際上，大家用得也有點鬆 for any loud public display泛指任何高調的公開表現 even when the person does mean some of what they say就算這個人講的有幾分是真心的也一樣
組成grandstand + -ing. A grandstand is the big bank of seats at a sports field. The picture is: you are playing to the crowd in those seats, not doing the thing for its own sake.
同家族的字
- grandstandthe seating at a sports ground; grandstanding is acting for that crowd
原始詞典資料2 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。
grandstandingnoun
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Dramatic or showy behavior intended to impress an audience or observers.
- Yes, there were instances of grandstanding and obsessive behaviour, but many were concealed at the time to help protect an aggressively peddled narrative of [Oscar] Pistorius the paragon, the emblem, the trailblazer.
- "We are tired of the shutdowns and the showdowns, the gridlock and the grandstanding," Klobuchar said in a speech to supporters. "Our nation must be governed not from chaos but from opportunity. Not by wallowing over what’s wrong, but by marching inexorably toward what’s right."
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
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。