| 单词 | tell |
| 释义 | telltellstoldtellingtelltell /tel/ verb (past tense and past participle told /təʊld $ toʊld/)1[transitive] to give someone information by speaking or writing to themtell somebody about somethingHave you told John about the party?tell你告诉约翰派对的事了吗？tell somebody somethingTell me your phone number again.numb再给我说一遍你的电话号码。tell somebody (that)She told me she can’t come on Friday.tell她告诉我她星期五不能来。tell somebody how/where/when etcCould you tell me when he left?canleave你能告诉我他什么时候离开的吗？tell (somebody) a story/joke/secret/lieShe’s been telling lies again.betelllie她又在撒谎。THESAURUS explainGrammarDo not say ‘She told to me about her new boyfriend.’ Say She told me about her new boyfriend.tell（她跟我说了她的新男友。）Do not say ‘He told that he was sorry.’ Say He told me that he was sorry.tellbe（他对我说他很抱歉。） or He said that he was sorry.saybe（他说很抱歉。）2[transitive] to say that someone should or must do somethingtell somebody to do somethingHe told me to come in and sit down.tell他叫我进来坐下。tell somebody (that)His doctor told him he should take more exercise.tellshall他的医生吩咐他要加强锻炼。tell yourself somethingI keep telling myself not to worry.tell我一直告诉自己不要担心。 THESAURUS order3[transitive] to give information in a way that does not use speech or writingtell somebody (that)The machine’s red light tells you it’s recording.tellrecord机器的红灯亮着表示它正在录音。tell somebody how/where/who etcThe survey tells us how young people spend their money.tell这项调查告诉我们年青人是如何花费的。 4[intransitive and transitive] informal to tell a teacher, parent etc about something wrong that someone else has donetell onPlease don’t tell on me!千万不要告发我！I’ll tell Dad if you do that again!你再这么做我就告诉爸爸！Phrasescan/could tell to know that something is true because you can see it, hear it etctell (that)I could tell that Jo was in a bad mood.canbe我看得出乔心情很坏。Can you tell the difference between the twins?twin你能分辨出这对双胞胎吗？THESAURUS knowI tell you/I’m telling you spoken used to emphasize something: I’m telling you, the food was unbelievable!tellbe听我说﹐那饭菜好吃极了！I told you (so) spoken used when someone does something you have warned them not to do, and it has had a bad result: I told you so – I told you it wouldn’t work.telltell我早就提醒过你—我告诉过你那样是行不通的。 tell the time British English, tell time American English to be able to know what time it is by looking at a clock: The children are being taught how to tell the time.childbebeteach孩子们在学如何看时间。(I’ll) tell you what used to suggest something: Tell you what, call me on Friday. 要我说的话﹐那就星期五给我打电话吧。 tell the truth to say what really happened: It’s always better to tell the truth.well说实话总是较好。there’s no telling what/how/whether etc spoken used to say that it is impossible to know what will happen: There’s just no telling what he’ll say next.tell谁知道他接着会说什么。 you never can tell/you can never tell spoken used to say that you can never be certain about what will happen in the future: They’re not likely to win, but you never can tell.他们不大可能赢﹐但谁又说得准呢。 Phrasal verbstell somebody/something apart phrasal verb to be able to see the difference between two people or things, even though they are similar: It’s difficult to tell them apart.很难分辨他们。 tell somebody ↔ off phrasal verb informal to talk angrily to someone because they have done something wrongbe/get told offSean’s always getting told off at school.gettell肖恩在学校里总挨骂。THESAURUS: telltell to give someone information by speaking or writing to them: Can you tell me how much this will cost?She wrote to tell me that her husband had died.writehavedielet somebody know to tell someone something when you know more about it: Let me know when you arrive and I’ll pick you up.inform formal to officially tell someone about something: You must inform your bank if you change your address.announce to tell people publicly and officially about something: The government has announced plans to build 300,000 new houses.haveannounceplanhousepass a message on to somebody to tell another person the information that has been told to you: The meeting’s been cancelled – could you pass the message on to everyone?meetbecancelcanreveal to tell people about something that was previously a secret: Markov revealed that he had once worked for the CIA.revealhaveworkleak to secretly give official information to a newspaper or television company: The report was leaked to the press.beleakinform on somebody formal to tell the police that someone you know is involved in illegal activities: Another member of the gang informed on himinform |
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