| 釋義 |
bluff2 /blAf; bUf/ vt, vi [VP6A, 14, 15B, 2A] deceive sb by pretending. 假裝而騙(人); 虛張聲勢以嚇(人); 詐騙。 ~ sb into doing sth. lead sb to do sth or believe sth by deceiving him: 騙某人做(或相信)某事; 恫嚇某人使做某事： They were ~ed into supposing we were Unprepared. 他們受騙以為我們沒有好好準(zhǔn)備。 ~ it out, survive a difficult situation by pretence. 借假裝以度過困境。 ~ one's way out of sth, escape from a situation by pretence. 借假裝以逃脫某種情況。 n [U,C] deception of this kind; (the use of) threats that are intended to get results without being carried out. 詐騙; 虛張聲勢。 call sb's ~, invite him to do what he threatened to do. 挑激虛張聲勢之人實(shí)際做旦他所恫嚇的話。 ~er n person who tries to ~ people. 虛張聲勢以龍人者; 嚇唬人者; 詐騙者。 |