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。
• You're bluffing, get out.
  我才不信你所说的，滚出去。
• I don't believe he'd really do what he threatens he's only bluffing.
  我不相信他真会按他威胁的话去做，他不过吓唬罢了。
• She wasn't bluffing him.
  她并没有唬他。
• I wouldn't take what he says at face value; he's probably bluffing.
  我不相信他的话；他可能是在虚张声势。
• I've gone all in because I believe he's bluffing.
  我全下了因为我觉得他在吹牛。
• When bluffing, you must seem very confident.
  吹牛的时候，你要看起来很有自信。
• How do we know they're not bluffing?
  我们怎么知道他们不是在虚张声势？
• Quit bluffing.
  你别唬人。
• You people are playing poker and you are bluffing.
  你们这些人在耍诡计，而你在虚张声势。