虚张声势

Leonard Downie, editor of The Washington Post, decries the "celebrification of journalism", which drives even the best in the business to hype a story, to exaggerate "just a bit", to sensationalise the ordinary and, on occasion, to go over the top and simply "create" a fact, a quote or a whole story.

华盛顿邮报》的编辑伦纳德·唐尼谴责&新闻明星&做法(编者注：&新闻明星&指的是因报道重大新闻而成为公众名人的新闻从业人员。)，这种趋势甚至促使最优秀的新闻从业人员夸大新闻、捕风捉影、虚张声势，有时甚至越过底线，干脆&创造&一个事实、一段引言，甚至整个故事。

But this grandstanding is really for domestic consumption, and obscures the hard facts of the U.S.-China financial relationship.

但是这种虚张声势实际上只是为了中国国内的需要，并且掩盖了美国和中国金融关系紧密的事实。

Some find this a refreshing change from the hectoring of the Bush administration.

有人认为，这是一场由虚张声势的布什政府向全新政策的转变。

It is easier to understand what industrial design really is, and how the concept has developed historically, if one makes a resolution to ignore the more hectoring kinds of design propaganda.

如果能够忽略设计宣传中虚张声势的成分，理解工业设计真正是什么以及这个概念历史上是怎样发展的会容易许多。

But it isn't pious or hectoring; if anything, the author tries overly hard to be tentative, emphasising that he isn't seeking to dictate other people's choices, and doesn't think he has all the answers.

但这并非假装虔诚或者虚张声势，如果说作者有点什么的话，他不过是有些过于谨慎，努力强调他并非试图左右他人的选择，也不认为自己全知全能而已。

Utilizing historic themes of male bravado, heroism and narcissism he juxtaposes the mundane realities of everyday contemporary life .

利用男性虚张声势，他的英雄气概和自恋日常生活相提并论，现代生活的世俗现实历史性课题。

We don't usually admit it, but we're often fakers. Phonies. Bluffers. And most of us are really good at it.

虽然我们通常不肯承认，但其实我们时常都是伪装者，是骗子，是虚张声势吓唬人的，而且我们的功力还相当高呢。

If you want to know which poker hands to bluff with, why neighbourhoods with permanent residents have more road crossings or why digital communication makes the world spikier not flatter, Mr Harford's book provides some answers.

如果你想知道哪手牌可以虚张声势，为什么在有常住居民的小区里有更多的十字路，或者你还想知道数字通讯技术为什么让世界变得更加崎岖而不是更加平坦，或许你可以通过阅读哈福特先生的这本书来找到一些答案。

If you want to know which poker hands to bluff with, why neighbourhoods with permanent residents have more road crossings or why digital communication makes the world spikier not flatter, Mr Harford's book provides some answers.

哪位牌手在虚张声势，为何长住居民区有较多的道路交叉点，或者为何数字通信令世界变得更为复杂多变而不是顺利前进，如果读者对此感到好奇，不妨参阅本书。哈福德先生在书中提供了部分解答。

If you want to know which poker hands to bluff with, why neighbourhoods with permanent residents have more road crossings or why digital communication makes the world spikier not flatter, Mr Harford's book provides some answers.

哪位牌手在虚张声势，为何长住居民区有较多的道路交叉点，或者为何数字通信令世界变得更为复杂多变而不是顺利前进，如果读者对此感到好奇，不妨参阅本书。

In the United States, chronic alcoholism and hepatitis C are the most common ones.

在美国，慢性酒精中毒，肝炎是最常见的。

If you have any questions, you can contact me anytime.

如果有任何问题，你可以随时联系我。