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基本解释

Drones—a big feature of Western armies—seem to have been used mainly for show.
无人机——西方军队最大的特点——看上去主要是为了表演。
For show-and-tell in second grade, he whipped up a chef's salad; he concocts novel cookie recipes with chocolate, coconut, butterscotch and pecans.
在二年级的展示-介绍课上，他端上了一道主厨沙拉；他用巧克力、椰蓉、奶糖和核桃仁配制出一款独特的甜点。
The suites of benchmarks developed by SPEC are widely used by different vendors and consultants both as a platform for verifying their solutions and as a vehicle for show-casing their products.
SPEC 所开发的基准套件被不同的供应商和顾问广泛使用，他们将这些套件用作一种检验解决方案的平台，或者用作一种展示产品的工具。

American crime writer George Pelecanos is known for both his books and his writing for the television show "The Wire."
Now Milton explains that he has nothing now, of course, to show for his father's investment, but he will.
弥尔顿是在说他现在没有可以证明，他父亲投资的东西，但是他会证明的。
耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选
I want to make it a little more explicit, and I want to show you a tool for doing that.
我想讲的清楚一点，并且我，还会给大家介绍一个做这个的工具。
麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

Do televised Senate and House hearings have any redeeming value or are they just for show?
FORBES: Why Do Certain Congressmen Sleep in Their Offices?