| 单词 | bluff |
| 释义 | bluff [intransitive, transitive] 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虚张声势；吹牛；唬人◆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。◆she successfully bluffed her way through the interview (= by pretending to be sb she was not or know things that she did not know).她蒙混过关，通过了面试。 ➡ see also bluff → trick noun bluff [countable, uncountable] 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虚张声势的做法；唬人◆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。◆he threatened to resign but it was all bluff.他威胁说要辞职，但那都是唬人的。ⓘ if you call sb's bluff, you tell them to do what they are threatening to do, because you believe that they will not be cruel or brave enough to do it. * call sb's bluff 指激某人做所扬言要做的事◆she was tempted to call his bluff, hardly able to believe he'd carry out his threat.她很想逼他亮出底牌，并不相信他会做他威胁要做的事。 ➡ see also bluff → pretend verb bluff¹/blʌf ||; blʌf/verb [i,t] to try to make people believe that sth is true when it is not, usually by appearing very confident 吹牛；吓唬；虚张声势: ◇they tried to bluff their parents into believing there was no school that day. 他们想骗父母说那天不必上学。 bluff your way in, out, through, etc sth to trick sb in order to get into, out of a place, etc 蒙混过关: ◇we managed to bluff our way into the stadium by saying we were journalists. 我们伪称是记者，混进了体育场。 bluff²/blʌf ||; blʌf/noun1. [u] [c] making sb believe that you will do sth when you really have no intention of doing it, or that you know sth when, in fact, you do not know it 虚张声势；吓唬 2. [c] a steep cliff, especially by the sea or a river 悬崖，峭壁，断崖（尤指海边或河边的） ☞picture at flood plain 见 flood plain 插图 call sb's bluff→call¹☞ bluff¹☞ bluff² |
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