查词 - bluff

bluff

blʌf verb

1 to pretend something, especially in order to achieve what you want in a difficult or dangerous situation 虚张声势，吓唬; 欺骗

You wouldn’t really tell her. You’re bluffing!

你不会真的告诉她吧，你在骗我！

bluff your way out of/through/past etc sb/sth (go somewhere or succeed in doing something by deceiving someone) 骗过某人出来/穿过/经过等

I hope we’ll be able to bluff our way past the guard.

我希望我们可以骗过保安。

‘I was with Don,’ she said, deciding to bluff it out (=continue to pretend something) .

她决定装到底，就说 “我是和唐在一起。”

bluff sb into (doing) sth

noun

2 an attempt to deceive someone by making them think you will do something when you do not intend to do it 虚张声势，吓唬 C,U

The threat was only a bluff.

这种威胁不过是吓唬人而已。

Whatever you say, you must do it. This isn’t a game of bluff .

不管你说什么，你一定得去做，这可不是在唬人。

3

call sb’s bluff

to tell someone to do what they have threatened because you do not believe that they will really do it 要求某人做他威胁要做的事〔因为不相信对方真的会那么做〕

4 a very steep cliff or slope 峭壁，悬崖，陡岸 C

adj

5 a bluff person, usually a man, is pleasant but very direct and does not always consider other people 率直的，爽快的，豪爽的〔但有时不顾及别人〕

He was a bluff no-nonsense administrator.

他是一个乾脆豪爽的主管。