puffery

1. Hostile puffery by state apparatchiks and military officials from both sides tends to complicate matters and spook world oil markets, but at the end of the day, Iranian oil always somehow manages to flow out of the country and into the world market.
   两国政府和军方官员的针尖对麦芒不仅让事态复杂化，也吓坏了全球石油市场，但最终伊朗的石油总是能以某种方式运出国境，流入全球市场。
2. When did puffery become the American way? Probably around the time Norman Mailer came out with Advertisements for Myself.
   从什么时候起连美国人也开始靠吹牛而活了？也许是始于诺曼？梅勒的《给自己的广告》。
3. In spite of all the media puffery, her latest novel has failed to make it into the bestseller list.
   尽管传媒竭力吹捧，她最新的小说还是没有进入畅销书榜。
4. So you're driven to animalistic puffery.
   所以你趋于采用动物性的夸张。
5. Western courts tend to dismiss the claims of real estate agents as "mere puffery".
   西方的法院倾向于驳回房地产商的申诉而仅仅因“夸大其词”。
6. If you want the smoke and puffery then you'll listen to Kissinger and schultz.
   如果你想要云里雾里的乱吹，那你可以听基辛格和舒尔茨。

noun

1. a flattering commendation (especially when used for promotional purposes)