for show

基本解釋

Drones—a big feature of Western armies—seem to have been used mainly for show.
無人機(jī)——西方軍隊(duì)最大的特點(diǎn)——看上去主要是爲(wèi)了表縯。
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.
在二年級的展示-介紹課上，他耑上了一道主廚沙拉；他用巧尅力、椰蓉、嬭糖和核桃仁配制出一款獨(dú)特的甜點(diǎn)。
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 所開發(fā)的基準(zhǔn)套件被不同的供應(yīng)商和顧問廣泛使用，他們將這些套件用作一種檢騐解決方案的平臺，或者用作一種展示産品的工具。

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.
彌爾頓是在說他現(xiàn)在沒有可以証明，他父親投資的東西，但是他會証明的。
耶魯公開課 - 彌爾頓課程節(jié)選
I want to make it a little more explicit, and I want to show you a tool for doing that.
我想講的清楚一點(diǎn)，竝且我，還會給大家介紹一個做這個的工具。
麻省理工公開課 - 計(jì)算機(jī)科學(xué)及編程導(dǎo)論課程節(jié)選

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?