for show

基本解釋

Drones—a big feature of Western armies—seem to have been used mainly for show.
無人機——西方軍隊最大的特點——看上去主要是為了表演。
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，他端上了一道主廚沙拉；他用巧克力、椰蓉、奶糖和核桃仁配制出一款獨特的甜點。
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)的基準套件被不同的供應商和顧問廣泛使用，他們將這些套件用作一種檢驗解決方案的平臺，或者用作一種展示產品的工具。

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.
彌爾頓是在說他現在沒有可以證明，他父親投資的東西，但是他會證明的。
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，并且我，還會給大家介紹一個做這個的工具。
麻省理工公開課 - 計算機科學及編程導論課程節(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?