bluffing

英 [ˈblʌfɪŋ]

美 [ˈblʌfɪŋ]

v.  虚张声势; 唬人; 吹牛
bluff的现在分词

现在分词：bluffing　

柯林斯词典

• See also:The letter was a bluff...It is essential to build up the military option and show that this is not a bluff...What we're at here is a game of bluff.double bluff
• PHRASE （因料到对方不敢行动而）要求…摊牌，接受…的挑战
  If youcallsomeone'sbluff, you tell them to do what they have been threatening to do, because you are sure that they will not really do it.
  1. The Socialists have decided to call the opposition's bluff.
     社会党人已经决定接受对方的挑战。
• VERB 欺骗；误导；吓唬；虚张声势
  If youbluff, you make someone believe that you will do something when you do not really intend to do it, or that you know something when you do not really know it.
  1. Either side, or both, could be bluffing...
     任何一方，或者双方，都可能是在故弄玄虚。
  2. In each case the hijackers bluffed the crew using fake grenades...
     每一个案例中，劫机者都用了假手榴弹吓唬机组人员。
  3. He tried to bluff his way through another test and failed it.
     他试图再次在考试中蒙混过关，但却露馅了。
• N-COUNT （尤指河边或海边的）悬崖，峭壁，陡岸
  Abluffis a steep cliff or bank, especially by a river or the sea.
  1. ...a high bluff over the Congaree River.
     康加里河边高耸的峭壁
• ADJ-GRADED 坦率的；坦白的；直言的
  If you describe someone, usually a man, asbluff, you mean that they have a very direct way of speaking and behaving.
  1. He comes across as a man with a bluff exterior who, beyond that, is difficult to get to know...
     他给人感觉是一个直来直去的人，但内心却让人捉摸不透。
  2. He has continued to write with a bluff, vivid humour about Yorkshire life.
     他继续用一种直白而又诙谐生动的笔触描绘着约克郡的生活。

双语例句

• Either side, or both, could be bluffing
  任何一方，或者双方，都可能是在故弄玄虚。
• He's lying, I think, or bluffing.
  我看，他这是在撒谎，再不然，就是在恫吓。
• Is he going to jump or is he only bluffing?
  他打算跳还是吓唬人？
• They said they'd had another offer, but we knew they were just bluffing.
  他们说他们还有一个建议，但我们知道他们只是在骗人。
• He's bluffing you, elliot. can't you see that?
  他在诈你，艾里，明白吗？
• But how can you tell when someone's bluffing?
  但你怎么能知道别人在诈你呢？
• I think I can tell when you're bluffing.
  我想你吹牛的时候我看得出来。
• He is saying that the EU is bluffing.
  他还说，欧盟是在吓唬人。
• How do we know they're not bluffing?
  我们怎么知道他们不是在虚张声势？
• I told her the blackmailer was bluffing.
  我告诉她勒索是假的。