bluffing
present participle ofbluff
| 单词 | bluffing |
| 释义 | bluffing present participle ofbluff bluff verb[IorT] uk/blʌf/us/blʌf/todeceivesomeone by making themthinkeither that you are going to do something when you really have nointentionof doing it, or that you haveknowledgethat you do not really have, or that you are someoneelse: Is he going tojumpor is he only bluffing? Tonyseemstoknowa lot aboutmusic, but sometimes Ithinkhe's only bluffing. She bluffed thedoormanintothinkingthat she was areporter. bluffyourway into/out ofsomething If you bluffyourway into or out of asituation, you get yourself into or out of it bydeceivingpeople: How did Minamanageto bluff her way into thatjob? He's one of thosepeoplewho is very good at bluffingtheirway out oftrouble. Faking & pretending
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Cheating & tricking Examplesofbluffingbluffing In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Citizens then serve as the sanctioning mechanism forbluffingonly if they become properly informed by open media. From theCambridge English Corpus However, the junta could still have been greatly constrained frombluffingby the ' audience costs ' engendered by its military constituency. From theCambridge English Corpus Sincebluffingwill be costly in democracies, bargaining becomes more transparent and more credible. From theCambridge English Corpus There is also a conceptual argument againstbluffingthreats we will consider when we discuss their rationality. From theCambridge English Corpus This assumption is that it is not possible to issue abluffingthreat. From theCambridge English Corpus Labor unions trust their allies, and union competition or monopoly provides signals of their strength and make probing andbluffingunnecessary. From theCambridge English Corpus Play involves learning what responses are effective in interacting with others, which conspecifics to challenge and which to defer to; learning about timing and surprise, fainting, andbluffing. From theCambridge English Corpus He advised me to beware of peoplebluffing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He isbluffingus and he isbluffinghimself. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We are not talking aboutbluffingand false bids. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The milling combine will refuse to give information, and will go onbluffingup to the last minute. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 So we should, and there should be nobluffingand fooling about this matter. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The human capacity ofbluffingoneself into believing that one can get by is amazing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We should say to the management that it has shown that it is determined and resolved, and was notbluffing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He had thought that we werebluffing, but he realised that he was wrong. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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