大学英语词汇短语释义解析及例句 bluff
释义:
bluff v. 虚张声势,唬人;假装做
n. 虚张声势的举动,唬人;峭壁,悬崖;树丛,灌木丛
adj. 直率豪爽的;(悬崖)垂直的,(船头)宽而垂直的
[ 复数 bluffs 第三人称单数 bluffs 现在分词 bluffing 过去式 bluffed 过去分词 bluffed 比较级 more bluff 最高级 most bluff ]
例句:
The letter was a bluff.
这封信是虚张声势。
There is no greater thrill than to bluff a man, trap him, and outfox him.
没有什么比虚张声势吓唬别人、让他钻入圈套并用计将他击败更加刺激了。
He said he would resign if he didn't get more money, but it was only a bluff.
他说如果不给他加薪他就辞职,但那不过是虚张声势而已。
It is essential to build up the military option and show that this is not a bluff.
重要的是准备军事解决途径来证明这并不是虚张声势。
It was answered from under the bluff.
断崖下有人回答。
Every conversation with anyone selling anything is a pantomime of pain and bluff.
和任何一个卖东西的人的每一次交谈,都是一部充满痛苦和虚张声势的哑剧。
It was just a game of bluff.
那只不过是唬人的把戏。
Beneath his bluff exterior he was a sensitive man.
他外表大大咧咧,但其实是个敏感的人。
The socialists have decided to call the opposition's bluff.
社会党人已经决定让反对党摊牌了。
The bluff strident words struck the note sailors understood, and they cheered him lustily.
水手们听明白了他直率而粗鲁的话语,他们热烈地为他欢呼。
Oedipa Maas in Crying of Lot 49 will sit upon a bluff overlooking San Narciso, and she'll look down at the pattern of light.
《拍卖第四十九批》里的奥狄芭·马斯会坐在悬崖上,俯瞰纳西索,她会向下看各式光的图案。
That my smile is merely a bluff.
我的微笑只是虚张声势。
I said, calling her bluff.
我说,想戳穿她的虚张声势。
It is time to call his bluff.
是时候戳穿他的老底了。
Emily had always been able to bluff Henry.
艾米丽总是能够吓唬住亨利。
This was all bluff, Gorbachev told me.
戈尔巴乔夫告诉我说,那不过是吓唬吓唬他们。
I think it's my favorite after Bluff Limbo.
我想这是自《地狱边缘的绝壁》后我最喜欢的作品了。
And then it was simply a matter of the bluff.
然后,只剩下虚张声势的问题。
Or a bluff?
还是虚张声势?
Such a bluff is generally not an ideal option.
一般情况下这样吹嘘不是一种理想的选择。
Anything could happen in this game of nuclear bluff.
核恐吓较量中任何事都有可能发生。
Some exchanges saw this as a bluff by their customers.
一些交易所把这看为对客户的**。
He called younger's bluff to swim the river in public.
他当众激年青人游过那条河。
Many managers, faced with this situation, will simply call your bluff.
很多经理人,面对这种情形的时候,会很简单就认为你在虚张声势。
