show是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为n. 节目， 表演v. 上演(戏剧等) ， 放映(电影)，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在路易莎·梅·奥尔科特的《小妇人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- When they rose she proposed to go, but Laurie said he had something more to show her, and took her away to the conservato-ry, which had been lighted for her benefit.
在赫尔曼·梅尔维尔的《白鲸》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- He was just enough civilized to show off his outlandishness in the strangest possible manners.
-- But who could show a cheek like Queequeg?
-- which, barred with various tints, seemed like the Andes' western slope, to show forth in one array, contrasting climates, zone by zone.
-- But think not that this famous town has only harpooneers, cannibals, and bumpkins to show her visitors.
-- But these extravaganzas only show that Nantucket is no Illinois.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《雾都孤儿》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- As I purpose to show in the sequel whether the white waistcoated gentleman was right or not, I should perhaps mar the interest of this narrative (supposing it to possess any at all), if I ventured to hint just yet, whether the life of Oliver Twist had this violent termination or no.
-- Having rested here, for a minute or so, to collect a good burst of s obs and an imposing show of tears and terror, he knocked loudly at the wicket; and presented such a rueful face to the aged pauper who opened it, that even he, who saw nothing but rueful faces about him at the best of times, started back in astonishment.
-- The sun was rising in all its splendid beauty; but the light only served to show the boy his own lonesomeness and desolation, as he sat, with bleeding feet and covered with dust, upon a door-step.
-- As the Jew uttered these words, his bright dark eyes, which had been staring vacantly before him, fell on Oliver's face; the boy's eyes were fixed on his in mute curiousity; and although the recognition was only for an instant--for the briefest space of time that can possibly be conceived-- it was enough to show the old man that he had been observed.
-- And now come here, and I'll show you how to take the marks out of the handkerchiefs.'
在简·奥斯汀的《傲慢与偏见》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- In nine cases out of ten a women had better show MORE affection than she feels.
-- It seems to me to show an abominable sort of conceited independence, a most coun-try-town indifference to decorum.'
-- At least, therefore, I did not assume the character of needless precipitance mere-ly to show off before the ladies.'
-- And their mother had the satisfaction of knowing that she would be able to show her married daughter in the neigh-bourhood before she was banished to the North.
-- Wickham' by each of them; and in the mean time, she went after dinner to show her ring, and boast of being married, to Mrs. Hill and the two housemaids.
在丹尼尔·笛福的《鲁滨逊漂流记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- I then made signs to them for some water, and held out one of my jars to them, turning it bottom upward, to show that it was empty, and that I wanted to have it filled.
-- As I observed before, I found pens, ink, and paper, and I husbanded them to the utmost; and I shall show that while my ink lasted, I kept things very exact, but after that was gone I could not, for I could not make any ink by any means that I could devise.
-- I only observe this in particular, to show the reason why so much of my time went away with so little work - viz.
-- All the remedy that I found for this was, that at last I did remember I had, among the seamen's clothes which were saved out of the ship, some neckcloths of calico or muslin; and with some pieces of these I made three small sieves proper enough for the work; and thus I made shift for some years: how I did afterwards, I shall show in its place.
-- All these things tended to show me more and more how far my condition was from being miserable, compared to some others; nay, to many other particulars of life which it might have pleased God to have made my lot.
在简·奥斯汀的《理智与情感》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- To separate Edward and Elinor was as far from being her object as ever; and she wished to show Mrs. John Dashwood, by this pointed invitation to her brother, how totally she disregarded her disapprobation of the match.
-- Mrs. Jennings asked her, as soon as she appeared, if she had not been to Allenham; and Mrs. Palmer laughed so heartily at the question, as to show she understood it.
-- "I should always be happy," replied Elinor, "to show any mark of my esteem and friendship for Mr. Ferrars; but do you not perceive that my interest on such an occasion would be perfectly unnecessary?
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