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A recent study discovered that men will eat more food when they dine with their female counterparts, as a way of showing off, than when they are with other men.

The study was conducted over a two-week period while researchers observed 150 adults eating lunch at an all-you-can-eat Italian buffet.

♥  buffet--n.自助餐；飲食櫃檯；餐台
參考例句：
Are you having a sit-down meal or a buffet at the wedding?
➣你想在婚禮中擺桌宴還是搞自助餐？
Could you tell me what specialties you have for the buffet?
➣你能告訴我你們的自助餐有什麼特色菜嗎？

Researchers from Cornell University, who collaborated with Cornell's Food and Brand Lab for the study, took note of the number of pizza slices and how many bowls of salad each subject consumed.
♥  collaborated--合作( collaborate的過去式和過去分詞 )； 勾結叛國
參考例句：
We have collaborated on many projects over the years. 
➣這些年來我們合作搞了許多項目。
We have collaborated closely with the university on this project. 
➣我們與大學在這個專案上緊密合作。

Men who were coupled up with a female, packed their plates with pizza and left the buffet line with their bowls overflowing with salad, eating 93 percent more slices and 86 percent more greens than men who ate with just other men.
♥  overflowing --n. 溢出物,溢流 adj. 充沛的，充滿的 動詞overflow的現在分詞形式
參考例句：
The stands were overflowing with farm and sideline products. 
➣集市上農副產品非常豐富。
The milk is overflowing. 
➣牛奶溢出來了。

'These findings suggest that men tend to overeat to show off - you can also see this tendency in eating competitions which almost always have mostly male participants,' explains lead author Kevin Kniffin, PhD, of Cornell University in a recent press release.

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