exhibition
/ˌeksɪˈbɪʃən/noun
1
- a public display of works of art or other items of interest, held in an art gallery or museum or at a trade fair展览（会）; 展出：
an exhibition of French sculpture
法国雕刻作品展
mass noun he never lent his treasures out for exhibition.他从不出借自己的珍品供展出。
2
- a display or demonstration of a particular skill展示; 显示; 表演：
fields which have been ploughed with a supreme exhibition of the farm worker's skills
显示出农场工人高超技能的犁过的地
as modifier an exhibition match.表演赛。
2.1
- in sing. an ostentatious or insincere display of a particular quality or emotion卖弄; 故作姿态：
a false but convincing exhibition of concern for smaller nations.
假得像真的一样使人深信不疑的对小国的关心。
3
- usu. as modifier chiefly N. Amer. (in sport) a game whose outcome does not affect a team's standing, typically one played before the start of a regular season〈主北美〉（体育用语）表演赛：
an exhibition match
表演赛。
4
- Brit. a scholarship awarded to a student at a school or university, usually after a competitive examination〈英〉（竞赛性考试后发给优胜者的）奖学金。
短语
make an exhibition of oneself
- behave in a conspicuously foolish or ill-judged way in public出洋相; 当众出丑。
词源
late Middle English （in the sense 'maintenance, support'; hence sense 3, mid 17th cent.）： via Old French from late Latin exhibitio（n-）, from Latin exhibere 'hold out' （see EXHIBIT）.