| 单词 | to make a good, poor, etc, showing |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto make a good, poor, etc., showing a. Originally U.S. Originally: an appearance or display of a specified kind. Later more generally: an observably good, poor, etc., account of oneself; a (good or bad) performance in a contest, election, etc. Often in to make a good, poor, etc., showing. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > appearance or aspect > [noun] > of specific kind show1539 showing1830 1830 Macon (Georgia) Tel. 6 Feb. 23/1 Hitherto the Militia of our county has made by a poor showing. 1846 G. R. Gibson Jrnl. 23 Aug. (1935) 216 As we could not speak Spanish nor they English, we made rather a poor showing in conversation. 1853 Sandusky (Ohio) Daily Comm. Reg. 22 July The total receipts [were] $58,140—the nett profit of the operation being $8,740. A good showing, truly, but not so good as the following. 1890 Manch. Weekly Times 1 Aug. 4/7 The Greenacres profit of £904 is, comparatively speaking, a very poor showing. 1915 H. A. Gibbons Paris Reborn xxiv. 230 I remember last year what a wonderful showing you made at Longchamps on the Quatorze. 1958 Visct. Montgomery Mem. (1961) 495 He made a very poor showing in Parliament during the debate. 1986 Observer 30 Aug. 4/8 The two Davids believe they are on course to make a decisive improvement on their last election showing. 2011 FourFourTwo Oct. 91/3 He was approached by a gang who began to taunt him for the Leopards' poor showing in West Germany. < as lemmas |
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