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tell (obj) KNOWtelvpast told HtRWld, $toWldto know, recognize or be certain辨别; 判断; 知道"He's Dutch." "How can you tell?" [I]“他是荷兰人。”“你怎么知道的？”It's too dark for me to tell what it says on the sign. [+ wh- word]太暗了，我看不清招牌上写的什么。I could tell (that) you were unhappy. [+ (that) clause]我看得出你不高兴。It's easy to tell a blackbird by/from its song. [T]从黑鸟的叫声很容易辨认出它来。As babies, the twins were so similar that I just couldn't tell them apart (= didn't know which was which).这对双胞胎婴儿时长得很像，我分不清他们。This coffee is about half the price of that one and yet you really can't tell the difference (= notice any difference in quality).这种咖啡的价格差不多是那种的一半，而你根本分不出它们的质量有什么区别。There is no telling (= there is no way of knowing) what the future will hold for them.不知道他们的未来会怎样。You never can tell/You can never tell means you can never know or be certain.很难说，没法预料Who knows what will happen to Peter and me in the future -- you can never tell.谁知道彼得和我以后会怎么样呢----这没法预料。
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