chest-beating
noun [ U ] (also chest beating) uk/ˈtʃestˌbiː.tɪŋ/ us/ˈtʃestˌbiː.t̬ɪŋ/
usually disapproving（类似于金刚捶胸的动作）表示自信，体现优势、权势、威势
forceful or proud behaviour that is intended to show other people that you are powerful, strong, or successful
Their songs are little more than shows of adolescent chest-beating. 他们的歌曲只不过是展现青春期自信的表演。
Instead of proper debate we have a lot of chest beating. 我们双方都在大秀肌肉，而不是在真正辩论。
用双手捶胸的动作，尤指雄性大猩猩向其他动物炫耀自己的强大和力量时做出的动作
the action of hitting the chest repeatedly with the hands, done especially by male gorillas (= large apes) to show other animals how powerful and strong they are
In the National Park we came across one juvenile male who indulged in a little chest-beating. 在国家公园，我们遇到一只未成年的雄性猩猩，它特别喜欢做双手捶胸的动作。
The orangutan pushes over a dead tree in a noisy display of dominant behaviour, comparable to chest beating in gorillas. 那只红猩猩推倒了一颗枯树，在树木的断裂声中展示自己的强势，一如大猩猩为展现实力而双手捶胸。
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- The Grand Prix is about more than cars - it is also the occasion for some of the world's biggest companies to engage in a weekend of corporate chest-beating.
- Even the modest professor allows himself a little chest-beating at this discovery.
- The European media had looked on with bemusement at the English newspapers' chest-beating.
- Chest beating and threatening to take over public hospitals ignores the problems that exist within the private sector.
- They do a lot of chest beating and tough talking about war.
chest-beating
adjective [ before noun ] (also chest beating) uk/ˈtʃestˌbiː.tɪŋ/ us/ˈtʃestˌbiː.t̬ɪŋ/
usually disapproving（金刚捶胸一般）表示自信的，体现优势、权势、威势的
trying by forceful or proud behaviour to show how powerful, strong, or successful you are
She was utterly sick of his chest-beating displays of machismo. 她完全厌倦了他的大男子主义宣泄。
As an actor he could project both chest-beating bravado and touching vulnerability. 作为一名演员，他既可以表现出金刚捶胸式的虚张声势，也可以表演动人的脆弱无助。
双手捶胸的
hitting the chest repeatedly with the hands
The show turns to the world of primates - from chest-beating gorillas to tiny lemurs. 节目切换到了灵长目的世界 - 从大猩猩的捶胸动作到娇小的狐猴，镜头一一掠过
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- I've met my share of chest-beating alpha males.
- The wrong thing to do would be a big, chest-beating corporate campaign.
- I was horrified by the chest beating behaviour on the panel.