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.

   Stains show up easily on this white tablecloth.

2. (transitive, idiomatic) To make visible or expose faults and deficiencies in, usually by comparison.

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

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

   • 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.

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

使用する際の注意点

• (expose faults): The object is normally a person rather than a thing and may appear before or after up. However, if the object is a pronoun, then it comes before up.
• (make visible): The object normally comes after up, even when it is a pronoun.

同意語

• (appear): turn up

関連する語

• show off

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,...