show upとは意味・読み方・使い方

動詞

show up (三人称単数 現在形 shows up, 現在分詞 showing up, 過去形 showed up, 過去分詞 shown up)

1. (intransitive) To appear, arrive, or attend, especially suddenly or erratically.

   Please come on time; don't just show up whenever you feel like it.

   No matter how many I throw away, more copies always show up.

   • 2021 November 2, Jim Tankersley; Katie Rogers; Lisa Friedman, quoting Joe Biden, “With Methane and Forest Deals, Climate Summit Offers Hope After Gloomy Start”, in The New York Times‎^[1], ISSN 0362-4331:

     “We showed up. We showed up,” Mr. Biden said at a news conference at the United Nations summit on climate change, known as COP26, in Glasgow, Scotland. “The fact that China is trying to assert, understandably, a new role in the world as a world leader, not showing up? Huh. The single most important thing that’s gotten the attention of the world is climate.”

2. (intransitive) To be easily visible; to be conspicuous.

   Stains really show up on this white tablecloth.

3. (transitive) To make visible; to expose.

   This bright light shows up the dust in the corners of the room.

   I bet the Jayhawk fast break could show up the Nimrod's lack of speed.

4. (transitive, idiomatic) To make visible or expose faults and deficiencies in, usually by outdoing, outperforming, or outcompeting another.

   I finished in five minutes and she showed me up by finishing in three.

   • 2014, Daniel Taylor, "World Cup 2014: Uruguay sink England as Suárez makes his mark," guardian.co.uk, 20 June:

     His team were not outclassed but, once again, England have reminded us of their habit of being shown up as soon as they face half-decent opposition and one or two authentic category-A footballers.

使用する際の注意点

• (expose faults): The object is normally a person rather than a thing.

同意語

• (appear): turn up

関連する語

• show off
• show out

名詞

showup ‎(複数形 showups)

1. The showing of a suspect to a victim by police in the hope of identifying the suspect as the culprit.
   • 2008, Ronald J. Bacigal, Criminal Law and Procedure: An Overview (page 160)

     Following arrest, the most commonly used identification procedures are lineups, showups, photographic arrays, fingerprinting, DNA,...