show up
phrasal verbshow up
show up | show something up
show somebody up
- (British English, informal)
to make somebody feel embarrassed by behaving badly (因举止不妥而)使人难堪,使人尴尬,使人丢脸 to make somebody feel embarrassed by doing something better than them (做得比别人好而)使人难堪,使人尴尬,使人丢脸 Don’t worry about being shown up by the kids—they’ve always used computers. 我马上就把这个写完并寄出去。