an attempt to deceive someone into believing that one can or is going to do something
假装能做(或愿做)某事以骗人,虚情假意地欺骗
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the offer was denounced as a bluff 人们指责那个提议是欺骗
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[mass noun]
his game or bluff .他的把戏或骗局。
try to deceive someone as to one's abilities or intentions
以假象欺骗,蒙骗
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he's been bluffing all along .他一直在欺骗。
[with obj.]mislead (someone) in this way
以欺骗手段误导
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the object is to bluff your opponent into submission .目的是要蒙骗你的对手,使其屈服。
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以伪装的方法艰难逃脱(或成功),唱空城计。
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以虚张声势的方法渡过难关。
direct in speech or behaviour but in a good-natured way
言行直截了当但为人敦厚的
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a big, bluff, hearty man .身材高大、言行坦率的热心人。
a steep cliff, bank, or promontory
悬崖,峭壁,陡岸。
〈加〉 树丛,灌木丛。
(of a cliff or a ship's bows)having a vertical or steep broad front
(悬崖)垂直的;(船头)宽而垂直的。
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call someone's bluff challenge someone to carry out a stated intention, in the expectation of being able to expose it as a pretence 迫使某人摊牌;揭穿某人的谎言 -
(in poker or brag) make an opponent show their hand in order to reveal that its value is weaker than their heavy betting suggests (扑克或布拉格牌戏中)使某人摊牌(以显示其牌的实力比声称的弱)
"late 17th cent. (originally in the sense ‘blindfold, hoodwink’): from Dutch