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breast-beat.ing[`brɛstˌbitɪŋ; ˈbrestˌbi:ti]名词大声抗议; 表示沉痛、惋惜或懊悔The authorities indulged in a great deal of breast-beating about traffic accidents, but failed to pass new driving laws.当局对频频发生的车祸一味表示沉痛, 却未制定新的驾驶法规形容词大声抗议的; 表示沉痛、惋惜或懊悔的His breast-beating emotionalism won little sympathy.他表示沉痛的作法未能赢得同情 |