【bluff】 - AEAS备考词汇

bluff

UK:  [blʌf]

US:  [blʌf]

复数：bluffs  现在分词：bluffing  过去式：bluffed  

n.

1.壁;悬崖;绝壁

2.峭壁,断崖

3.虚张声势的人;吓唬人的人

4.悬崖;陡岸

5.陡壁砂岩

6.欺骗,吓唬

7.不良流线体

8.(船头等的)鼓起部分

9.高岬

10.假攻击

v.

1.(虚张声势地)恐吓,吓唬

2.虚张声势;虚张声势地说

3.虚张声势,装腔作势

4.恫吓,吓唬吓唬;虚声恫吓;威逼

5.吓唬;欺骗

6.隐瞒;瞎充好汉

7.佯攻

8.以假乱真

9.〔俚语〕以假象欺骗;假装

10.【牌戏】(持弱牌时)下大注吓倒(对方)

adj.

1.绝壁的,壁立的,陡峭的

2.爱咋呼的;招摇撞骗的

3.带有威胁性的

4.若无其事的

5.直率的,爽快的,坦率的;粗率的

6.【航海】(船头等)前端平阔而垂直的

1 . The company's threat to sack anyone who went on strike was just (a) bluff.
公司威胁说谁罢工就解雇谁，那只不过是虚张声势而已。

2 . A bluff, perhaps. But it has raised fears of an impending strike and of a clash of something more serious than words.
这也许是个骗局，却使人们更加担心迫近的打击冲突将不会停留在口头上。

3 . his way through any difficulty. . It is not easy to climb a bluff mountain. He has a bluff way of speaking, but a kind heart.
他说他会赢得这场比赛，事实上只是在吹牛。他可以招摇撞骗闯过任何难关登上陡峭的山可不容易。他说话直率，但心地善良。

4 . When at last he stood upon the bluff, he turned to his little sister and looked upon her sorrow fully.
最后他站到了悬崖上转过身来，由于的看着他的妹妹。

5 . " It'd be better all round if you get on with you work, " he said, the honest, bluff John Bull.
“你要是把精力放在自己的工作上就好，”那个诚实而又坦率的英国人说道。