[, ] () the way that people, businesses, etc. are likely to copy the actions of others that they see are successful or to use sth that they can see is useful; an influence on sb to copy or avoid sth示范效应◆Through the demonstration effect, one successful start-up can lead to many new businesses.通过示范效应，一家公司创办成功可带动许多新公司的崛起。