bluff
v. 欺騙,嚇唬; 虛張聲勢
n. 欺騙,誤導; 峭壁
adj. 坦率的; 直言的
A bluff is an attempt to make someone believe that you will do something when you do not really intend to do it.
The letter was a bluff...
這封信不過是嚇唬人罷了。
It is essential to build up the military option and show that this is not a bluff...
關鍵是要做好採取軍事行動的準備,以表明這不是虛張聲勢。
If you call someone's bluff, you tell them to do what they have been threatening to do, because you are sure that they will not really do it.
The Socialists have decided to call the opposition's bluff.
社會黨人已經決定接受對方的挑戰。
If you bluff, 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.
Either side, or both, could be bluffing...
任何一方,或者雙方,都可能是在故弄玄虛。
In each case the hijackers bluffed the crew using fake grenades...
每一個案例中,劫機者都用了假手榴彈嚇唬機組人員。
A bluff is a steep cliff or bank, especially by a river or the sea.
...a high bluff over the Congaree River.
康加里河邊高聳的峭壁
If you describe someone, usually a man, as bluff, you mean that they have a very direct way of speaking and behaving.
He comes across as a man with a bluff exterior who, beyond that, is difficult to get to know...
他給人感覺是一個直來直去的人,但內心卻讓人捉摸不透。
He has continued to write with a bluff, vivid humour about Yorkshire life.
他繼續用一種直白而又詼諧生動的筆觸描繪著約克郡的生活。
1. a high steep bank (usually formed by river erosion)
2. pretense that your position is stronger than it really is;
3. the act of bluffing in poker; deception by a false show of confidence in the strength of your cards
1. deceive an opponent by a bold bet on an inferior hand with the result that the opponent withdraws a winning hand
2. frighten someone by pretending to be stronger than one really is
1. very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front;
2. bluntly direct and outspoken but good-natured;
call someone's bluff
戳穿某人的幌子,揭穿某人的謊言
He is kind and friendly despite his rather bluff manner.
他為人厚道,待人親切,雖然態度有點粗魯.
Native Americans , known as bluff dwellers, first lived in Arkansas.
被認為是會虛張聲勢的美國原住民, 一開始就是住在阿肯色.
He threatened to dismiss me from my job, but it's all bluff.
他威脅說要解僱我, 但是這不過是恐嚇而已.
He has a bluff way of speaking, but a kind heart.
他說話直率, 但心地善良.
This open face makes it impossible for her to bluff.
這張顯得單純的臉使她不可能騙人.