| 单词 | tell against somebody |
| 释义 | tell against somebodytell against somebody phrasal verbphr v British EnglishBrE formal ADVANTAGEto make someone less likely to succeed in achieving or winning something 对…有不利影响，不利于 I badly wanted the job, but knew that my age would probably tell against me. 我非常想要这份工作，但我知道我的年龄可能会对我不利。 Examples from the Corpus tell against • He's 26 or 27 now and that final year of waiting to qualify could tell against him.• My favourite is one tale Prost tells against himself.• On the contrary they tell against it.• There is a story told against Jimmy Davidson which, in fact, should be told against the game in Ireland.• Turning to the evidence, he stressed those aspects of it which told against Meehan and in favour of Waddell.• Obviously, if the alternative offer had involved a considerably or prohibitively higher price, that would tell against the seller. → tell against somebody at tell(PHRASAL VERB) |
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