bluff

bluff

美 [blʌf]  英 [blʌf]

  • v.虚张声势;唬人;吹牛
  • n.虚张声势的做法;唬人;(尤指海边或河边的)峭壁
  • adj.直率豪爽的(尽管有时不够礼貌)
  • 网络布拉夫;吓唬;悬崖

词形变化

复数:bluffs  现在分词:bluffing  过去式:bluffed  

同义词

英汉双解

v.
1.
[i][t]
~ (sth)
虚张声势;唬人;吹牛to try to make sb believe that you will do sth that you do not really intend to do, or that you know sth that you do not really know
I don't think he'll shoot─I think he's just bluffing.
我认为他不会开枪,我想他不过是在吓唬人。
n.
1.
[u][c]
虚张声势的做法;唬人an attempt to trick sb by making them believe that you will do sth when you really have no intention of doing it, or that you know sth when you do not, in fact, know it
It was just a game of bluff.
那只不过是唬人的把戏。
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。
2.
[c]
(尤指海边或河边的)峭壁,陡岸a steep cliff or slope, especially by the sea or a river
adj.
1.
直率豪爽的(尽管有时不够礼貌)very direct and cheerful, with good intentions, although not always very polite
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。

英汉解释

adj.
1.
直率的,爽快的,坦率的;粗率的
2.
绝壁的,壁立的,陡峭的
3.
【航】(船头等)前端平阔而垂直的
n.
1.
峭壁,断崖
2.
(船头等的)鼓起部分
3.
欺骗,吓唬
4.
虚张声势的人;吓唬人的人
v.
1.
(虚张声势地)恐吓,吓唬
2.
〈俚〉以假象欺骗;假装
3.
【牌】(持弱牌时)下大注吓倒(对方)
4.
虚张声势,装腔作势

英英解释

adj.
n.
v.

例句

The company's threat to sack anyone who went on strike was just (a) bluff. 6. You two are a perfect match.

公司威胁罢工解雇不过是虚张声势罢了

My paper, "Bluff your way into a new job, " is all about stretch growth.

文章面对工作装模作样就是关于突破性成长

She called his bluff. 'That's fine with me, ' she said in a calm, controlled voice.

知道想法,‘来说不错’,平静竭力控制自己声音

For all the bluster, one can't help feeling the tough EU stance is a bit of a bluff.

说道威胁恐吓不由得发现欧盟强硬立场不过是虚张声势而已

When at last he stood upon the bluff, he turned to his little sister and looked upon her sorrowfully.

最后悬崖忧郁妹妹

Please remember how much they got by brass and bluff at the time of the French collapse.

回忆一下法国崩溃他们吹嘘欺诈获得多少东西

He has to call his bluff in court and tell everyone what he knows about the matter.

法庭对证告诉大家关于件事知道一切

On the other hand, she says she was prepared to die and wasn't trying to call her husband's bluff.

另外准备好不是丈夫闹着玩

" It'd be better all round if you get on with you work, " he said, the honest, bluff John Bull.

要是精力自己工作,”那个诚实坦率英国人说道

When at last he stood upon the bluff, he turned to his little sister and looked upon her sorrow fully.

最后悬崖由于妹妹

The boss threatened to dismiss him from his job, but it is all a bluff.

老板威胁解雇不外吓唬而已

his way through any difficulty. . It is not easy to climb a bluff mountain. He has a bluff way of speaking, but a kind heart.

赢得比赛事实上只是吹牛可以招摇撞骗任何难关登上陡峭可不容易说话直率心地善良

It seems to me that he can't bluff it out any longer because the authoritieshave started to look into the matter.

也蒙混下去因为当局着手调查

A bluff, perhaps. But it has raised fears of an impending strike and of a clash of something more serious than words.

也许骗局使人们更加担心迫近打击冲突不会停留口头

Google: China was prepared to call Google's bluff when the US company threatened to withdraw from the country.

谷歌Google):谷歌威胁撤出中国中国准备迫使这家美国公司底牌

I though it was just a bluff to get me to stay home from school.

不过是虚张声势逃课

The company's threat to sack anyone who went on strike was just (a) bluff.

公司威胁罢工解雇不过是虚张声势而已

Kim Jong-il has now decided to call Seoul's bluff in an extremely risky attack that is in effect an act of war.

这次金正日风险攻击事实上已经构成一种战争行为表明决定逼迫韩国摊牌

I'm home now. The weather has turned. The wind is howling through the fir trees on the edge of my bluff.

回到天气呼啸穿过断壁冷杉

Finally, at the crest of a wooded bluff overlooking the Missouri River, Anderson pulled over and yanked Laura out of the truck.

最后车子低矮树木悬崖顶上俯视下去就是密苏里河安德森劳娜猛地出来

They parted cordially enough, although Dick could not bring himself to match Charlie's bluff good-humour.

他们告辞时候依然亲切尽管迪克吃不消查理那种带有威胁性好声好气

He had slipped into his bluff public role.

公开场合粗率

He could bluff his way through any difficulty.

可以招摇撞骗任何难关

If he is not resigned to losing, if he wants to rise in his company and industry, then in such a crisis he will bluff-and bluff hard.

如果如果公司工业失败辞职那么一个如此将会吓唬危机-努力断崖

'If you intervened now [without China], markets would probably call the bluff and governments would lose, ' he said.

假如现在没有中国参与情况进行干预市场可能认为他们政府可能失败

whether I bluff at poker depends on whether I think you are likely to call the bluff.

是否扑克作弊取决于是否觉得可能识破伎俩

Smith always said he would quit, so they finally called his bluff.

史密斯总是辞职最后他们索性辞职

Roy: Wait, so your whole speech about honor was just a bluff? ! ?

一下难道关于正义演说仅仅虚张声势?!?

Whoever poses as a people's police to cheat and bluff is to be heavily punished in accordance with the preceding paragraph.

冒充人民警察招摇撞骗依照规定处罚

He always said he would quit , so we finally called his bluff.

辞职要挟我们终于高就

Sometimes you can scare the other players out of the game with a bluff and 'steal' the pot with a worthless hand.

有时候可以其他吓唬出局一手

One of the choppers set down on the beach below them, the other on the bluff above.

直升机他们下面海滩上降落其余直接降落断崖

" It'll take you a week or so , " said Connolly, a bluff westerner in his sixties .

大约星期左右,”康诺利一个六十来岁脾气爽直西部

He felt at once the antagonism in the atmosphere, something radical and insuperable, and he bit his lip. But he affected a bluff manner.

马上感到敌对气氛一种剧烈无法消解气氛但是咬咬嘴唇装出一种若无其事样子

In reality, they're trying to cajole, bluff and calm their audience of global money-sloshers.

实际上他们试图哄骗吓唬安定那些作为他们观众全球童子们

We reach the top of a small bluff where three mud-brick classrooms stand, their walls gouged with bullet holes, their roofs missing.

我们一个陡坡顶上那儿教室墙上子弹屋顶

Look, Victoria, you asked me to call her bluff once.

维多利亚摊牌

wood and glass architecture of the restaurant only accentuates the natural beauty of the bluff on which The Oasis. is. located.

餐馆简朴木头玻璃建筑更加突出绿洲餐馆所在陡壁自然美

This bluff terminated in a curious peak that seemed to be not more than a mile away from us.

绝壁一个奇形怪状峰顶我们大概

call someone's bluff He is seeking to call attention to himself by his crimes.

犯罪方法使自己受到关注

Because it seems to be justified, bluff bluffing can, really to the crucial moment, that didn't come in handy.

因为貌似道理道理唬唬可以关键时候知道用场

But I called his bluff--I told him no, and wished him good luck.

但是拒绝要求好运