exhibition
noun [ C or U ] uk/ˌek.sɪˈbɪʃ.ən/ us/ˌek.səˈbɪʃ.ən/
B1 展览(会);表现,显示
an event at which objects such as paintings are shown to the public, a situation in which someone shows a particular skill or quality to the public, or the act of showing these things
The photographs will be on exhibition until the end of the month. 这些照片将一直展出到月底。
There's a new exhibition of sculpture on at the city gallery. 市艺术美术馆正在举行一场新的雕塑作品展。
The athlete's third, and winning, jump was an exhibition of skill and strength. 这个运动员的第三次试跳,也是获胜的那一跳,充分展示了他的技巧和体能。
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- Crowds of people flocked to see the Picasso exhibition.
- The exhibition will illustrate how life evolved from water.
- There was a lovely exhibition of watercolours on in town - did you see it?
- Science museums are now mounting exciting exhibitions designed to draw in the crowds.
- She pretends that she knows all about the latest films and art exhibitions, but it's all a pose.
Idiom
make an exhibition of yourselfidiom disapproving 出洋相;出丑
to do something stupid in public
I hope I didn't make an exhibition of myself last night. 我希望我昨晚没有出丑。