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exhibit

verb
 
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Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they exhibit
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he / she / it exhibits
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past simple exhibited
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past participle exhibited
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-ing form exhibiting
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  1.  
    [transitive, intransitive] to show something in a public place for people to enjoy or to give them information展览；展出
    • exhibit something (at/in…) They will be exhibiting their new designs at the trade fairs.他们将在商品交易会上展出他们新的设计。🔊🔊
    • Only one painting was exhibited in the artist's lifetime.在他的一生中只展出过一幅画。
    • He longed for the chance to exhibit his work publicly.他渴望有机会公开展示他的作品。
    • exhibit (at/in…) He exhibits regularly in local art galleries.他经常在当地的画廊举办画展。🔊🔊
    Topics Artb2
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    [transitive] exhibit something (formal) to show clearly that you have or feel a particular quality, ability, feeling or symptom 表现，显示，显出（感情、品质或能力）synonym display
    • The patient exhibited signs of fatigue and memory loss.病人表现出疲劳和记忆力丧失的迹象。🔊🔊
    • The three novels exhibit a growing confidence in the author's use of language.这三本小说对作者使用语言表现出越来越大的信心。
    3. Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘submit for consideration’, also ‘present a document as evidence in court’): from Latin exhibit- ‘held out’, from the verb exhibere, from ex- ‘out’ + habere ‘hold’.

exhibit

noun
 
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  1.  
    an object or a collection of objects put in a public place, for example a museum, so that people can see it（一件）展览品，陈列品
    • The museum contains some interesting exhibits on Spanish rural life.该博物馆包含一些有关西班牙乡村生活的有趣展览。
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    • The artist is now having her first solo exhibit in New York.这位艺术家正在纽约举办她的首次个人展。
    • The exhibit features unique photographs of San Francisco in the 1900s.这个展览以 20 世纪初旧金山独特的照片为特色。
    • The exhibit opened to the public on July 1.这个展览 7 月 1 日向公众开放。
    • The exhibit runs through February 1.展览举办到 2 月 1 日。
    • The library has a policy of mounting changing exhibits.图书馆有一项更换展品的政策。
    • The library is celebrating its tenth anniversary with a special exhibit.这家图书馆举行特别展览以庆祝开馆十周年。
    • The museum features rotating exhibits.这家博物馆以举办循环展览为特色。
    • There are forty gigantic works on exhibit.展会上展出了 40 件巨作。
    • a major exhibit of the painter's work这位画家作品的重要展览
    • a traveling exhibit of antiques文物巡回展
    • an exhibit of video art视频艺术展
    • an exhibit on local history当地历史展览
    • the museum's new exhibit space博物馆的新展区
    • a Matisse exhibit at the National Gallery国家美术馆里的马蒂斯画展
    Topics Historyb2, Artb2, Crime and punishmentb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + exhibit
    • see
    • view
    • touch
    • …
    See full entry
  2.  
    (North American English)
    (British English exhibition)
    a collection of things, for example works of art, that are shown to the public（一件）展览品，陈列品
    • The new exhibit will tour a dozen US cities next year.这批新展品明年将在美国十几个城市巡回展出。🔊🔊
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • art
    • photo
    • photographic
    • …
    verb + exhibit
    • see
    • tour
    • view
    • …
    exhibit + verb
    • open
    • run
    • be called something
    • …
    exhibit + noun
    • gallery
    • hall
    • area
    • …
    preposition
    • on exhibit
    • exhibit of
    • exhibit on
    • …
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  3. a thing that is used in court to prove that somebody is guilty or not guilty（在法庭上出示的）物证，证据
    • The first exhibit was a knife which the prosecution claimed was the murder weapon.当庭出示的第一件物证就是原告称为杀人凶器的一把刀。🔊🔊
    Topics Law and justicec2
    4. Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘submit for consideration’, also ‘present a document as evidence in court’): from Latin exhibit- ‘held out’, from the verb exhibere, from ex- ‘out’ + habere ‘hold’.