Energy Usage: Energy is an essential resource across the entire food production cycle, with estimates showing an average of 7-10 calories of input being required in the production of one calorie of food.
出自-2013年12月閱讀原文
Later working together in London, they laid the foundations of modern physics by showing that normal laws of cause and effect do not apply at the level of subatomic particles.
出自-2013年12月聽力原文
Surgeons may survive the robot invasion, but others at the hospital might not be so lucky, as iRobot, maker of the Roomba, a robot vacuum cleaner, has been showing off Ava, which could be used as a messenger in a hospital.
出自-2012年12月閱讀原文
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VERB
顯示;表明;證明
If something shows that a state of affairs exists, it gives information that proves it or makes it clear to people.
例句
Research shows that a high-fibre diet may protect you from bowel cancer...
研究表明高纖維飲食可預防腸癌。
He was arrested at his home in Southampton after a breath test showed he had drunk more than twice the legal limit for driving...
呼吸測醉檢測顯示其飲酒量是法定駕車飲酒限量的兩倍多，他隨即在南安普頓的家中被捕。
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VERB
(圖畫、圖表、影像或文章)描繪，描述，展示，說明
If a picture, chart, film, or piece of writing shows something, it represents it or gives information about it.
例句
Figure 4.1 shows the respiratory system...
圖表 4.1 所示為呼吸系統。
...a coin showing Cleopatra...
刻有克婁巴特拉頭像的硬幣
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VERB
給…看;向…出示(或展示);指給…看
If you show someone something, you give it to them, take them to it, or point to it, so that they can see it or know what you are referring to.
例句
Cut out this article and show it to your bank manager...
將這篇文章剪下來，拿給你的銀行經理看。
He showed me the flat he shares with Esther...
他帶我看了他和埃絲特合住的公寓。
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VERB
引，帶，領(某人到某處)
If you show someone to a room or seat, you lead them there.
例句
Let me show you to my study...
我帶你去我的書房。
Milton was shown into the office...
米爾頓被領到了辦公室。
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VERB
(通過示范)教…，向…演示，做給…看
If you show someone how to do something, you do it yourself so that they can watch you and learn how to do it.
例句
Claire showed us how to make a chocolate roulade...
克萊爾給我們示范了如何做巧克力卷。
There are seasoned professionals who can teach you and show you what to do...
有經驗豐富的專家教你，并向你演示怎么做。
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V-ERG
(使)露出;(使)顯現;(使)變得顯著
If something shows or if you show it, it is visible or noticeable.
例句
He showed his teeth in a humourless grin...
他一本正經地咧嘴笑了笑。
His beard was just beginning to show signs of grey...
他的胡子才剛有點泛白。
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V-ERG
表現，體現，流露出(態度、品質或情感);(態度等)體現，流露
If you show a particular attitude, quality, or feeling, or if it shows, you behave in a way that makes this attitude, quality, or feeling clear to other people.
例句
Elsie has had enough time to show her gratitude...
埃爾茜有足夠的時間來表達她的感激之情。
She showed no interest in her children...
她對自己的孩子毫無興趣。
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VERB
顯示出，表露出，流露出(某種品質或特征);(品質或特征)表露，顯示
If something shows a quality or characteristic or if that quality or characteristic shows itself, it can be noticed or observed.
例句
The story shows a strong narrative gift and a vivid eye for detail...
這個故事顯示了作者較強的敘事能力和對細節的觀察入微。
Middle East peace talks in Washington showed signs of progress yesterday...
昨天在華盛頓舉行的中東和談有了取得進展的跡象。
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N-COUNT
(情感、品質等的)流露，表露，體現
A show of a feeling or quality is an attempt by someone to make it clear that they have that feeling or quality.
例句
Miners gathered in the centre of Bucharest in a show of support for the government...
礦工們聚集在布加勒斯特市中心以表示對政府的支持。
A crowd of more than 10,000 has gathered in a show of strength...
已經有 10,000 多人聚集起來以顯示他們的力量。
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N-UNCOUNT
裝出的樣子;假象
If you say that something is for show, you mean that it has no real purpose and is done just to give a good impression.
例句
The change in government is more for show than for real...
政府的轉變更多的是裝裝樣子，而不是真的。
'It's all show,' said Linus. 'The girls don't take it seriously.'
“全是裝的，”萊納斯說。“女孩子們不會拿它當真的。”
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VERB
出現(盈利或虧損)
If a company shows a profit or a loss, its accounts indicate that it has made a profit or a loss.
例句
It is the only one of the three companies expected to show a profit for the quarter...
那是3個公司中唯一一家預計會在本季度盈利的公司。
Lonrho's mining and minerals businesses showed some improvement.
朗荷公司的采礦及礦產業務有了些起色。
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VERB
如約趕到;出現;露面
If a person you are expecting to meet does not show, they do not arrive at the place where you expect to meet them.
例句
There was always a chance he wouldn't show.
他總是有可能不出現。
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N-COUNT
(電視或廣播)節目，秀
A television or radio show is a programme on television or radio.
例句
I had my own TV show...
我有自己的電視節目。
This is the show in which Loyd Grossman visits the houses of the famous.
這就是勞埃德·格羅斯曼拜訪名人家庭的那檔節目。
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N-COUNT
(尤指包括音樂、舞蹈、滑稽劇等不同內容的)演出，表演
A show in a theatre is an entertainment or concert, especially one that includes different items such as music, dancing, and comedy.
例句
How about going shopping and seeing a show in London?...
去倫敦購物再看場演出怎么樣？
He has earned a reputation as the man who can close a show with a bad review...
他因可以用一則惡評斃掉一場演出而聞名。
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VERB
放映;播出
If someone shows a film or television programme, it is broadcast or appears on television or in the cinema.
例句
The BBC World Service Television news showed the same film clip...
英國廣播公司對外電視頻道的新聞節目播放了同樣的電影剪輯片段。
The drama will be shown on American TV next year...
明年這部劇將在美國電視臺播出。
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展覽;展覽會;展品
A show is a public exhibition of things, such as works of art, fashionable clothes, or things that have been entered in a competition.
例句
The venue for the show is Birmingham's National Exhibition Centre Hall...
展覽地點在伯明翰國家展覽中心大廳。
Gucci will be holding fashion shows to present their autumn collection...
古奇將舉辦時裝發布會推出他們的秋裝系列。
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VERB
展覽，陳列(藝術品等)
To show things such as works of art means to put them in an exhibition where they can be seen by the public.
例句
50 dealers will show oils, watercolours, drawings and prints from 1900 to 1992.
50 名藝術品經銷商將展出 1900 年到1992 年間的油畫、水彩畫、素描和版畫。
...one of East Village's better-known galleries, where he showed and sold his work.
他曾在那兒展銷作品的東村著名的美術館之一
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VERB
(賽馬比賽中賽馬)名列前三甲
In a horse race, if a horse shows, it finishes first, second, or third.
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ADJ
(房屋)用于展覽的，樣板的
A show home, house, or flat is one of a group of new homes. The building company decorates it and puts furniture in it, and people who want to buy one of the homes come and look round it.
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PHRASE
舉手表決
If a question is decided by a show of hands, people vote on it by raising their hands to indicate whether they vote yes or no.
例句
Parliamentary leaders agreed to take all such decisions by a show of hands...
議會領導人同意所有這樣的決定都要舉手表決。
Russell then asked for a show of hands concerning each of the targets.
拉塞爾然后要求對每個目標進行舉手表決。
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PHRASE
在…方面做出了成績;在…方面有結果
If you have something to show for your efforts, you have achieved something as a result of what you have done.
例句
I'm nearly 31 and it's about time I had something to show for my time in my job...
我快 31 歲了,是該在工作上做出一番成績的時候了。
It always amazed her how little she had to show for the amount she spent.
她的付出那么多，收獲卻那樣少，這一直讓她驚詫不已。
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PHRASE
(用來威脅或警告別人)我要讓你看看，你就等著瞧吧
You can say 'I'll show you' to threaten or warn someone that you are going to make them admit that they are wrong.
例句
She shook her fist. 'I'll show you,' she said...
她揮了揮拳頭，“我要讓你看看，”她說。
I'll show him, leave it to me.
我會讓他好看的，交給我好了。
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PHRASE
這恰恰證明;這正好表明
If you say it just goes to show or it just shows that something is the case, you mean that what you have just said or experienced demonstrates that it is the case.
例句
This just goes to show that getting good grades in school doesn't mean you're clever...
這恰恰證明了在學校得高分并不意味著聰明。
It's crazy and just shows the inconsistency of refereeing.
這太荒唐了，不過恰恰證明了裁判的前后矛盾。
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PHRASE
掌管一切;操縱局勢
If you say that someone is running the show, you mean that they are in control or in charge of a situation.
例句
They made it clear who is now running the show...
他們清楚地表明了現在是誰在掌控一切。
There's some serious problems with the way the state's leadership has been running the show.
國家領導班子的治國方式存在一些嚴重的問題。
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PHRASE
大出風頭;搶盡鏡頭
If you say that someone steals the show, you mean that they get a lot of attention or praise because they perform better than anyone else in a show or other event.
例句
It was Chinese women who stole the show on the first day of competition...
比賽的第一天中國女隊表現搶眼。
Brad Pitt steals the show as the young man doomed by his zest for life.
布拉德·皮特扮演一名因對生命懷有極大熱情而注定在劫難逃的年輕人，搶盡了鏡頭。