1 PHRASAL VERB-ERG (使)清晰;(使)变得明显;(使)显现出来 If something shows up or if something shows it up, it can be clearly seen or noticed. (使)清晰;(使)变得明显;(使)显现出来
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You may have some strange disease that may not show up for 10 or 15 years. [VERB PREP.]
你可能患有某种 10 年或者 15 年都看不出什么症状来的怪病。
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The orange tip shows up well against most backgrounds. [VERB PREP.]
橙色的尖端在大多数背景下都很醒目。
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...a telescope so powerful that it can show up galaxies billions of light years away. [VERB PREP. noun]
可以清晰地观测到数十亿光年开外的星系的功能强大的望远镜
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There have been four hundred escapes this year, showing up the lack of security. [VERB PREP. noun (not pronoun)]
今年已发生400起越狱事件了，这充分显示了安全措施的不到位。
SYN stand out, be visible, be conspicuous, appear
2 PHRASAL VERB 使难堪;使尴尬;使丢脸 If someone or something shows you up, they make you feel embarrassed or ashamed of them. 使难堪;使尴尬;使丢脸
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He wanted to teach her a lesson for showing him up in front of Leonov. [VERB noun PREP.]
她在列昂诺夫面前让他难堪，他要教训她一通。
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She kept saying I ought to try some, but I wasn't going to show myself up. [VERB noun PREP.]
她一直说我应该尝一尝，但我可不想丢人。
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We expected every drawing exercise to show us up as hopeless artists. [V n P as n]
我们预计每次素描练习都会令我们看上去像是不成气候的艺术家。
SYN embarrass, shame, let down, mortify
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