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bluff v.虚张声势n.虚张声势；吓唬；绝壁adj.直率的 (1) 他可以招摇撞骗闯过任何难关。(2) 约翰是个机灵鬼，谁也不容易欺骗他。(3) 这人想装做无辜来摆脱此事。(4) 他们上了当，以为我们还没有作好进攻准备。(5) 公司威胁说谁罢工就解雇谁，那只不过是虚张声势罢了。(6) 人摔得最痛的一跤，是为自己吓唬自己所绊倒。(7) 多悬崖的绝壁挡住了我们的去路。(8) 他性格坦率，倔强，和蔼，开朗。(9) 他为人厚道，待人亲切，虽然态度有些粗鲁。 Many a good crime story ends with a bluff—"I've already contacted the police and they're on their way," the detective will say when that is not at all the case. The expression "calling your bluff" comes from poker, where you "call" a game to see someone's actual cards. Calling someone's bluff means forcing them to admit the truth.

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英 [blʌf] 美 [blʌf] (1) He could bluff his way through any difficulty.(2) John is a deep card; no one can bluff him easily.(3) The man is trying to bluff his way out of the whole thing.(4) They were bluffed into believing we were not ready for the attack.(5) The company's threat to sack anyone who went on strike was just (a) bluff.(6) The hardest tumble a man can make is to fall over his own bluff .(7) The precipitous bluff stopped us.(8) He was bluff, strong, friendly, and outgoing.(9) He is kind and friendly despite his rather bluff manner. Bluff can mean a high cliff, or it can describe a person who is abrupt in manner, but the most common association is someone pretending to something they're not. If you bluff at cards, you are pretending to have a better hand than you do. 1[N-VAR 可变名词]See also:double bluff；欺骗；误导；吓唬；虚张声势 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...这封信不过是吓唬人罢了。It is essential to build up the military option and show that this is not a bluff...关键是要做好采取军事行动的准备，以表明这不是虚张声势。What we're at here is a game of bluff.我们此时陷入的是一场骗局。2[PHRASE 短语]（因料到对方不敢行动而）要求…摊牌，接受…的挑战 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.   [V inflects]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。3[VERB 动词]欺骗；误导；吓唬；虚张声势 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.   [V]  [V n]  [V way prep]Either side, or both, could be bluffing...任何一方，或者双方，都可能是在故弄玄虚。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。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。4[N-COUNT 可数名词]（尤指河边或海边的）悬崖，峭壁，陡岸 A bluff is a steep cliff or bank, especially by a river or the sea. ...a high bluff over the Congaree River.康加里河边高耸的峭壁5[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]坦率的；坦白的；直言的 If you describe someone, usually a man, as bluff, you mean that they have a very direct way of speaking and behaving.   [usu ADJ n]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。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。

英语单词	bluff
英美音标	英 [blʌf] 美 [blʌf]
中文释义	v.虚张声势 n.虚张声势；吓唬；绝壁 adj.直率的
英语例句	(1) He could bluff his way through any difficulty. (2) John is a deep card; no one can bluff him easily. (3) The man is trying to bluff his way out of the whole thing. (4) They were bluffed into believing we were not ready for the attack. (5) The company's threat to sack anyone who went on strike was just (a) bluff. (6) The hardest tumble a man can make is to fall over his own bluff . (7) The precipitous bluff stopped us. (8) He was bluff, strong, friendly, and outgoing. (9) He is kind and friendly despite his rather bluff manner.
中文例句	(1) 他可以招摇撞骗闯过任何难关。 (2) 约翰是个机灵鬼，谁也不容易欺骗他。 (3) 这人想装做无辜来摆脱此事。 (4) 他们上了当，以为我们还没有作好进攻准备。 (5) 公司威胁说谁罢工就解雇谁，那只不过是虚张声势罢了。 (6) 人摔得最痛的一跤，是为自己吓唬自己所绊倒。 (7) 多悬崖的绝壁挡住了我们的去路。 (8) 他性格坦率，倔强，和蔼，开朗。 (9) 他为人厚道，待人亲切，虽然态度有些粗鲁。
vocabulary简明	Bluff can mean a high cliff, or it can describe a person who is abrupt in manner, but the most common association is someone pretending to something they're not. If you bluff at cards, you are pretending to have a better hand than you do.
vocabulary扩展	Many a good crime story ends with a bluff—"I've already contacted the police and they're on their way," the detective will say when that is not at all the case. The expression "calling your bluff" comes from poker, where you "call" a game to see someone's actual cards. Calling someone's bluff means forcing them to admit the truth.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-VAR 可变名词]See also:double bluff ；欺骗；误导；吓唬；虚张声势 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... 这封信不过是吓唬人罢了。 It is essential to build up the military option and show that this is not a bluff... 关键是要做好采取军事行动的准备，以表明这不是虚张声势。 What we're at here is a game of bluff. 我们此时陷入的是一场骗局。 2 [PHRASE 短语]（因料到对方不敢行动而）要求…摊牌，接受…的挑战 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. [V inflects] 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。 3 [VERB 动词]欺骗；误导；吓唬；虚张声势 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. [V] [V n] [V way prep] Either side, or both, could be bluffing... 任何一方，或者双方，都可能是在故弄玄虚。 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。 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。 4 [N-COUNT 可数名词]（尤指河边或海边的）悬崖，峭壁，陡岸 A bluff is a steep cliff or bank, especially by a river or the sea. ...a high bluff over the Congaree River. 康加里河边高耸的峭壁 5 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]坦率的；坦白的；直言的 If you describe someone, usually a man, as bluff, you mean that they have a very direct way of speaking and behaving. [usu ADJ n] 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。 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。

Bluff Man Make Someone's [V High Describe Pretending