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

• He knew you were bluffing.
  而他知道你在虚张声势。
• 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。
• Think she might be bluffing?
  你以为她是个坦率的人吗？
• 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。
• He says he'll win the race, but he's only bluffing.
  他说他会赢得这场比赛，事实上只是在吹牛。
• She wasn't bluffing him.
  她并没有唬他。
• I know how Sloane works. he's bluffing.
  我了解斯隆，他是虚张声势。
• He's bluffing you, elliot. can't you see that?
  他在诈你，艾里，明白吗？
• Is he going to jump or is he only bluffing?
  他打算跳还是吓唬人？