His product launches, at which he would stand alone on a black stage and produce as if by magic an "incredible" new electronic gadget?（小器具）in front of an amazed crowd, were the performances of a master showman.
出自-2012年12月閱讀原文
英語六級真題
It is giving performances in town.
出自-2013年6月聽力原文
柯林斯高階英漢雙解學習詞典釋義
N-COUNT
表演；演出
A performance involves entertaining an audience by doing something such as singing, dancing, or acting.
例句
Inside the theatre, they were giving a performance of Bizet's Carmen.在劇院里，他們正在演出比才的作品《卡門》。...her performance as the betrayed Medea...她所演繹的遭人背叛的美狄亞
N-VAR
表現；業(yè)績；性能；運行情況
Someone's or something's performance is how successful they are or how well they do something.
例句
That study looked at the performance of 18 surgeons...那項研究調查了18名外科醫(yī)生的工作表現。The poor performance has been blamed on the recession and cheaper sports car imports...業(yè)績不佳的原因被歸咎于經濟衰退和低價跑車的進口。
N-UNCOUNT
（汽車的）性能
A car's performance is its ability to go fast and to increase its speed quickly.
ADJ
性能卓越的；高性能的
A performance car is one that can go very fast and can increase its speed very quickly.
N-SING
執(zhí)行；履行；做
The performance of a task is the fact or action of doing it.
例句
He devoted in excess of seventy hours a week to the performance of his duties...為了完成任務，他每周工作70多個小時。The people believe that the performance of this ritual is the will of the Great Spirit.該部族的人認為舉行這種儀式是大神的意志。
N-SING
復雜的事情；麻煩事
You can describe something that is or looks complicated or difficult to do as a performance .
例句
The whole process is quite a performance...整個過程相當復雜。She made a big performance of sprinkling all the spices on.她費了不少勁才把所有的香料都撒在上面。