英语词汇“show someone/thing up”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

show someone/thing up

1Expose someone or something as being bad or faulty: it’s a pity they haven’t showed up the authorities for what they are...

Writing off communism as a fad for silly kids is just as bad as showing it up as a serious menace.
It has made me dig out my old diary from 1985-6 which is full of embarrassing, poorly crafted rubbish and shows me up to be the young idiot that I suspected I must have been.
Your endorsement of this article shows you up for what everyone knows you to truly be.

Synonyms

expose, reveal, bring to light, lay bare, make visible, make obvious, manifest, highlight, pinpoint, put the spotlight on

1.1 (show someone up) informal Embarrass or humiliate someone: she says I showed her up in front of her friends...

He always went out of his way to show her up or embarrass her.
But rather than showing them up, he has actually drawn something quite impressive from them.
Robert wants to become a professor (an exalted position in Britain), so does not want a pushy young intern showing him up.

Synonyms

humiliate, humble, mortify, bring/take down, bring low, demean, expose, show in a bad light, shame, put to shame, discomfit, disgrace, discredit, downgrade, debase, degrade, devalue, dishonour, embarrass;

put someone in their place, make a fool of, chasten, subdue, get the better of, have the last laugh on;

abash, abase, crush, squash, quash, deflate, flatten, make someone eat humble pie

informal put down, settle someone's hash, cut down to size

North American informal make someone eat crow

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单词	show someone/thing up
释义	show someone/thing up 1Expose someone or something as being bad or faulty: it’s a pity they haven’t showed up the authorities for what they are... Writing off communism as a fad for silly kids is just as bad as showing it up as a serious menace. It has made me dig out my old diary from 1985-6 which is full of embarrassing, poorly crafted rubbish and shows me up to be the young idiot that I suspected I must have been. Your endorsement of this article shows you up for what everyone knows you to truly be. Synonyms expose, reveal, bring to light, lay bare, make visible, make obvious, manifest, highlight, pinpoint, put the spotlight on 1.1 (show someone up) informal Embarrass or humiliate someone: she says I showed her up in front of her friends... He always went out of his way to show her up or embarrass her. But rather than showing them up, he has actually drawn something quite impressive from them. Robert wants to become a professor (an exalted position in Britain), so does not want a pushy young intern showing him up. Synonyms humiliate, humble, mortify, bring/take down, bring low, demean, expose, show in a bad light, shame, put to shame, discomfit, disgrace, discredit, downgrade, debase, degrade, devalue, dishonour, embarrass; put someone in their place, make a fool of, chasten, subdue, get the better of, have the last laugh on; abash, abase, crush, squash, quash, deflate, flatten, make someone eat humble pie informal put down, settle someone's hash, cut down to size North American informal make someone eat crow See parent entry: show
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