| 1. | They tried in vain to frighten him with threats .
他们百般恫吓，依然无效。 |
| 2. | He's lying, i think, or bluffing .
我看，他这是在撒谎，再不然，就是在恫吓。 |
| 3. | I thought the veiled threat of war was bluff .
我认为那含蓄的战争恫吓是吓唬人的。 |
| 4. | It was no idle warning but a stern threat .
这不是虚声恫吓的警告，而是严肃的威胁。 |
| 5. | Never bluff unless you are prepared to carry through .
如你没有决心干到底，就不要虚声恫吓。 |
| 6. | Do you mean to threaten ?
你是想恫吓吗？ |
| 7. | New threats of war were therefore dismissed as bluff .
因此，新的战争威胁被当作虚声恫吓而不予置理。 |
| 8. | He threatened to put balboa ashore on one of the rocky islets .
他恫吓着要把巴尔波亚放到一个多岩石的小岛岸上。 |
| 9. | Their mail was being packed with importuning or threatening letters .
他们的信箱里充满了提出强硬要求和恫吓的信。 |
| 10. | A leader known to yield to intimidation invites it .
一位领导人如果让人们知道他曾在恫吓面前屈服过，就只能招来更多的恫吓。 |
