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。

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。

Either side, or both, could be bluffing. [VERB]

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. [VERB noun]

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. [V way prep]

他试图再次在考试中蒙混过关，但却露馅了。

...a high bluff over the Congaree River.

康加里河边高耸的峭壁

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。