sabre-rattling

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The talks on March 27th followed sabre-rattling by both sides, including a threat by demonstrators to storm an army base where Mr Abhisit has been holed up.
3月27日的會談也伴隨著雙方的武力恐嚇，其中包括示威者曾威脅襲擊一座支持阿披實的軍事基地。
Other issues on the new secretary-general's desk will be Europe's feeble spending on defence and the question of how much military planning is needed to cope with Russia's sabre-rattling.
即將擺在北約新秘書長辦公桌上，需要處理的其他難題還包括：歐洲在防御系統(tǒng)上少得可憐的開支，還有應(yīng)付俄羅斯在家門口挑釁所必需的軍事計劃規(guī)模。
So they do a bit of sabre-rattling but mostly let their companies use tax havens to suit their needs.
因此它們只是虛張聲勢，很多時候會讓自己國家的公司利用避稅港各取所需。

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China has astutely avoided overt sabre-rattling, preferring instead to try to persuade America to apply the pressure.
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If you describe a threat, especially a threat of military action, as sabre-rattling, you do not believe that the threat will actually be carried out.