Demonstrate can be pictured as putting the thing where people can see it for themselves. That is what separates it from say: saying asks you to take my word for it, while demonstrating places the evidence, the action, or the crowd right in front of you and lets you draw your own conclusion. Proving a claim with figures, showing how the machine works, marching in the street so the numbers are visible — all the same move: not telling you, showing you.

demonstrate 可以想成「把東西擺到大家眼前,讓人自己看見」。它跟 say 的差別就在這裡:說,是要對方相信你的話;demonstrate,是把證據、動作或場面直接放在對方面前,讓看的人自己下結論。所以無論是拿數據證明一件事、當場示範怎麼用、還是上街讓大家看見有多少人這樣想,走的都是同一步——不是講給你聽,是做給你看。

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原始詞典資料4 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

demonstrateverb/ˈdɛm.ənˌstɹeɪt/

  • 1

    To show how to use (something).

    • Can you demonstrate the new tools for us?
    • In this tape, a velvet-voiced narrator provides a stroke-by-stroke guide to massaging your partner. As she speaks, comely nude couples demonstrate.
  • 2

    To show the steps taken to create a logical argument or equation.

  • 3

    To participate in or organize a demonstration.

    • Those people outside are demonstrating against the election results.
  • 4

    To show, display, or present; to prove or make evident

    • The debate was not long on policy, as questions about the Affordable Care Act and the war in Syria demonstrated.
    • "What we are trying to demonstrate is that freight lines at lower speeds can be electrified much more cheaply. […]"

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