bluster
pronunciation
UK [ˈblʌstə(r)]
US [ˈblʌstɚ]
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- vi.
- 咆哮,威吓
- 怒冲冲地说
- 狂吹,夸口
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- n.
- 吓唬,怒号
- 狂风声,巨浪声
Word Origin
bluster 威吓
词源同bluff, 吹嘘,恐吓。
Example
- 1. Empty bluster is unlikely to bother china .
- 对于空洞的咆哮,中国大概会无动于衷。
- 2. In these conditions , protest and bluster function as marketing tools .
- 在这些情况下,工会的抗议和咆哮起到市场推广自己的作用。
- 3. Conversation limited to sports or shopping may get boring to someone who likes to ponder philosophy and bluster about business .
- 对于一个喜欢思考经营哲学和大话生意的人来说,局限于运动和购物的话题会令他厌烦。
- 4. Republicans bluster that they will repeal obamacare and dodd-frank and abolish whole government agencies , but give only a sketchy idea of what should replace them .
- 共和党夸口他们将撤销奥巴马的医疗法案和弗兰克法案,同时废除其整个政府机构,但对于如何取代这些机构只提了个大概。
- 5. But mr schumer 's interventions look increasingly like bluster rather than threat .
- 但是舒默的干预越来越像咆哮,而非真正的威胁。
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