bluster

verb

1. 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
   1. ‘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。
   2. a blustering bully
      咄咄逼人的恶霸
2. 狂吹；咆哮
   to blow violently

1. VERB 咆哮；叫嚷
   If you say that someone is blustering, you mean that they are speaking aggressively but without authority, often because they are angry or offended.
   1. 'That's lunacy,' he blustered...
      “那真是疯了，”他吼道。
   2. He was still blustering, but there was panic in his eyes.
      他嘴上还在叫嚷着，但眼里却流露出恐慌。
   3. Bluster is also a noun.
      
   4. ...the bluster of the Conservatives' campaign.
      保守党来势汹汹的宣传运动

1. 'That's lunacy,' he blustered
   “那真是疯了，”他吼道。
2. He was still blustering, but there was panic in his eyes.
   他嘴上还在叫嚷着，但眼里却流露出恐慌。
3. All bluff and bluster; in their bones they're afraid to die!
   表面上耀武扬威，骨子里贪生怕死。
4. There had been none of his usual bluster and vitality, but at least he had told a connected story and now& now, he did not even remember Ellen was dead.
   尽管已经没有往常那样的神气和活力了，但至少还告诉了她一段连贯的情节，可如今&如今他连爱伦已经去世的事也不记得了。
5. I knew that it was all bluster and he wasn't really angry with me.
   我知道那只是恐吓的活，他并没有真的对我发火。
6. Empty bluster is unlikely to bother China.
   对于空洞的咆哮，中国大概会无动于衷。
7. Military planning drove decisions; bluster and posturing drove diplomacy.
   决定受军事策划的驱使；外交受恐吓和故作姿态的驱使。
8. For now, however, much of China's recent bluster turned out to be self-defeating.
   不管怎样，到目前为止，中国发出的大多数恫吓结果都是固地自封、弄巧成拙。
9. The three would exchange stories of evading the Imperials, telling tall tales full of bravado and bluster.
   这三个人都喜欢在对方面前吹嘘自己如何躲避帝国的追捕，他们的故事里充满了虚张声势的情节。
10. He impressed no one by his bluster.
    他的大话没有给任何人留下印象。
11. For all his bluster, it is the sad province of Man that he cannot choose his triumph.
    人的可悲就在于他无法选择自己的成就，无论他多么自信于自我的能力。
12. Ah, the pomposity of his tone, the bluster, the arrogance.
    啊，他那巧舌如簧，那咆哮，那傲慢。
13. His response was first to persuade, then to bluster.
    他的反应先是说服，然后变为咆哮。
14. Of course, his bluster was directed against me as well.
    这不是矛头都对着老家伙了？当然，他指桑骂槐，矛头是针对我的。
15. A couple of years ago, such boasts would have been ignored as bluster.
    在几年前，这样的豪言壮语会被认为是吹牛，无人理睬。
16. There was a bluster and zest in Anthony.
    安东尼身上有一种疯狂和热情。
17. 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。
18. 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。
19. Its negotiating style is marked by bluster, foot-dragging, blackmail and brinkmanship.
    它的谈判风格就是以威吓，拖延，敲诈和边缘政策为特点的。
20. She simply ignored his bluster as empty rhetoric.
    她把他的咆哮只当作虚张声势的言词而不予理睬。
21. His life of bluster, glitter and power.
    他那充满了喧嚣、刺激和权势的生活。
22. All this would no doubt elicit more bluster from Pyongyang which might even try to provoke low-level skirmishes with Seoul.
    这一切无疑会令平壤更加大发雷霆它甚至可能会试图挑起与首尔低层次的小规模冲突。
23. To bluster through a lesson because you haven't done your homework.
    因为没做家庭作业，所以你整节课无所获。
24. 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。
25. 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。
26. He is very excited and angry and bluster for a while.
    他非常激动，怒气冲冲，且咆哮了一阵。
27. He was not at ease with me, and much of his bluster rose from timidity.
    和我在一起他就不自在，他的吵嚷大都是由于怯懦。
28. Why don't you take you and your bluster the hell out of here?
    你干吗不闭上鸟嘴从这滚出去？
29. We must be clear-headed, that is, we must not believe the "nice words" of the imperialists nor be intimidated by their bluster.
    我们要有清醒的头脑，这里包括不相信帝国主义的好话和不害怕帝国主义的恐吓。
30. We do not believe their nice word nor are we intimidated by their bluster.
    我们既不相信他们的甜言蜜语，也不怕他们的恐吓威胁。

noun

1. a swaggering show of courage

   Synonym:    bravado

2. vain and empty boasting

   Synonym:    braggadociorodomontaderhodomontade

3. a violent gusty wind

4. noisy confusion and turbulence
   1. he was awakened by the bluster of their preparations

verb

1. act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner

   Synonym:    swaggerswash

2. show off

   Synonym:    boasttoutswashshoot a linebraggasblowvauntgasconade

3. blow hard
   1. A southeaster blustered onshore
   2. The flames blustered