bluster

US [ˈblʌstər]
UK [ˈblʌstə(r)]
  • n.大话；恫吓；狂风声
  • v.咆哮；气势汹汹地说话；狂吹
  • Web风狂吹；汹涌；诈唬
Simple Present：blusters  Present Participle：blustering  Past Tense：blustered  

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bluster
v.
1.
[t][i]
~ (sth).+ speech
气势汹汹地说话，咄咄逼人，威吓（但效果不大）to talk in an aggressive or threatening way, but with little effect
‘I don't know what you're talking about,’ he blustered.
“我不知道你到底在说什么！”他气势汹汹地说。
a blustering bully
咄咄逼人的恶霸
2.
[i]
狂吹；咆哮to blow violently

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AllAll,大话大话,恫吓恫吓,狂风声狂风声,咆哮咆哮,气势汹汹地说话气势汹汹地说话,狂吹狂吹,风狂吹风狂吹,汹涌汹涌,诈唬诈唬
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1.
For all the bluster, one can't help feeling the tough EU stance is a bit of a bluff.
说道威胁恐吓，你会不由得发现欧盟强硬的立场也不过是虚张声势而已。
shuō dào wēi xié kǒng hè , nǐ huì bù yóu de fā xiàn ōu méng qiáng yìng de lì chǎng yě bú guò shì xū zhāng shēng shì ér yǐ 。
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2.
He always try to bluster his way out of difficult situation.
他总是自吹自擂以摆脱困境。
tā zǒng shì zì chuī zì léi yǐ bǎi tuō kùn jìng 。
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3.
He got to be like a high wind in the summertime, all bluster and no bite.
他就好像夏天刮大风一样，虽然狂吹着，却都是虚张声势。
tā jiù hǎo xiàng xià tiān guā dà fēng yí yàng , suī rán kuáng chuī zhe , què dōu shì xū zhāng shēng shì 。
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4.
Lou began to bluster , as he always did when he talked politics .
娄开始打开了话匣子，只要谈政治，他总是这样。
lóu kāi shǐ dǎ kāi le huà xiá zǐ , zhǐ yào tán zhèng zhì , tā zǒng shì zhè yàng 。
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5.
I wasn't frightened by what he said it was just bluster .
他说的话吓不倒我--不过是雷声大，雨点小。
tā shuō de huà xià bù dào wǒ - - bú guò shì léi shēng dà , yǔ diǎn xiǎo 。
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6.
On the Republican side, foreign policy talk is all bluster and braggadocio.
回到本届总统竞选，共和党候选人关于外交政策的辩论充斥着虚张声势和自吹自擂。
huí dào běn jiè zǒng tǒng jìng xuǎn , gòng hé dǎng hòu xuǎn rén guān yú wài jiāo zhèng cè de biàn lùn chōng chì zhe xū zhāng shēng shì hé zì chuī zì léi 。
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7.
When Alan was caught cheating, he tried to bluster it out but he couldn't deceive us.
艾伦作弊被抓住后百般狡赖，不过他无法骗过我们。
ài lún zuò bì bèi zhuā zhù hòu bǎi bān jiǎo lài , bú guò tā wú fǎ piàn guò wǒ men 。
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8.
Beneath the bluster, participants are beginning to notice this problem and the difficulty of solving it.
在这种喧嚣之下，参与者开始关注这个问题以及解决该问题的困难。
zài zhè zhǒng xuān xiāo zhī xià , cān yù zhě kāi shǐ guān zhù zhè ge wèn tí yǐ jí jiě jué gāi wèn tí de kùn nan 。
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9.
At another time, that remark might have sounded like mere nationalist bluster.
如果在过去，这听起来似乎就像是一位民族主义者虚张声势的言论。
rú guǒ zài guò qù , zhè tīng qǐ lái sì hū jiù xiàng shì yī wèi mín zú zhǔ yì zhě xū zhāng shēng shì de yán lùn 。
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10.
French officials privately admit this was pre-summit bluster because 95 per cent of the Franco-German demands had been met beforehand.
法国官员私下里承认，这是峰会前的造势，因为法国和德国95%的要求早已预先得到满足。
fǎ guó guān yuán sī xià li chéng rèn , zhè shì fēng huì qián de zào shì , yīn wèi fǎ guó hé dé guó bǎi fēn zhī jiǔ shí wǔ de yāo qiú zǎo yǐ yù xiān dé dào mǎn zú 。
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