/?m?s.?l?flek.s??/apublicshow ofmilitaryorpoliticalpowerthat isintendedtoworryanopponent:军事（或政治）实力的显示Oppositiongroupsfearviolence, afterweeksofmilitarymuscle-flexing from thegovernment.政府进行了几周的军事实力展示以后，反对派担心会发生暴力事件。SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesPhysically strong and powerful
(as) tough as old bootsidiom
almighty
beefy
billy-o
brute
burly
corded
intensely
invincible
invincibly
invulnerable
keenly
lusty
reckon
stalwart
sturdily
super-powerful
superhuman
to be reckoned withidiom
tough
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