单词 | tell |
释义 | tell¹ 台形土墩遗址(远古人长期生活形成的文化遗冢) tell² 🄰 vt. 1.(inform)告诉;告知 Marianne had told me that she was pregnant again.玛丽安娜告诉我她又怀孕了。 Tell him I'll be there in 15 minutes.告诉他我15分钟后到那里。 I told you before.我早就告诉你了。 I found her beautiful and told her so.我觉得她很漂亮, 然后就这样对她说了。 to tell sb about sth告诉某人某事物 Tell us about your moment on the summit.给我们说说你的巅峰时刻。 to tell sb how to do sth告诉某人如何做某事 I told her how to do it.我告诉了她该怎么做。 to tell sb of sth告知某人某事物 He told his friends of a party he had attended.他向朋友们谈起了他曾经参加过的一次聚会。 to tell sb why …告诉某人为什么… You haven't told me why you're here.你还没告诉我你为什么在这儿呢。 2.(order)吩咐;命令;指示;让;叫 I told you not to disturb us.我跟你说过不要打扰我们。 Don't tell me what to do.不用告诉我该做什么。 Just do as you're told.叫你怎么做就怎么做。 3.(relate)+ story讲述;+ troubles述说;+ joke说;讲 He told his story to the Sunday Times.他向《星期日泰晤士报》讲述了他的遭遇。 Will you tell me a story?你给我讲个故事好吗? He was always quick to tell a joke.他很会说笑话。 4.(utter)+ a lie, the truth说;讲 Adam told a lie to his mother.亚当向妈妈撒了谎。 I believe the boy is telling the truth.我认为那个男孩说的是真话。 5.(disclose)+ fortune算 A gypsy once told her fortune.有个吉卜赛人曾给她算过命。 6.(judge, know)理解;觉察;发现 It will be misty, one can always tell.准会有雾, 这个谁都知道。 you can tell that …发现… You can tell that he's joking.看得出来他是在开玩笑。 you can tell what …能觉察出… You never can tell what life is going to bring you.谁也说不准生活接下来会是怎样的。 I couldn't tell what they were thinking.我不知道他们在想什么。 there's no telling …无法知道… There's no telling what he might do next.很难说他接下来会做什么。 7.(distinguish)区分;辨别 I can't tell the difference between them.我弄不清它们之间的区别。 to tell sth from sth把某物与某物区分开 I can never tell one cow from another.我永远都无法把一头母牛与另一头母牛区分开来。 8.(count)+ votes计;数 🄱 vi. 1.(notify)通知;告知 2.to tell of sth (give an account of sth)讲述…;叙述… He tells of the burial of Joseph of Arimathea.他讲述了亚利马太的约瑟安葬耶稣的故事。 3.to tell of sth (indicate)有…的迹象;显示出…;显露出… Lily gave him a look telling of her own sharpness.莉莉瞪了他一眼, 目光很犀利。 4.(have effect)见效;起作用 The pressure began to tell.开始感觉到压力了。 5.<非正式>(give away secret)泄密;说长道短 She won't tell.她不会说出去的。 6.<方>(chatter)聊天;说闲话 7.<美,非正式>(tell truth)说出实话;讲出实情 8.as far as I can tellorso far as I can tell就我所知;在我看来 As far as I could tell, they seemed to live a good life.就我了解, 他们生活得好像还不错。 As far as I can tell, Jason is basically a nice guy.据我所知, 贾森总的来说是个不错的人。 His mom hadn't much liked him, so far as he could tell.就他那时所知, 他妈妈一直不怎么喜欢他。 9.I'll tell you whatorI tell you whatortell you what<口>(用于提出建议或新话题)你听我说啊…, 我的意思是…, 我想说的是… Tell you what, let's go back to the camp.我说啊, 咱们回营地吧。 10.I tell youorI can tell youorI can't tell you<非正式>(用于加强语气)我告诉你啊, 我给你说啊, 你听我说啊 It's true, I tell you.我告诉你啊, 这可是真的。 This letter gave us a few chuckles, I can tell you.不瞒你说, 这封信让我们窃笑了好几次。 I can't tell you how glad I was to leave that place.你不知道离开那个地方我有多高兴。 11.I told you so<非正式>(责备别人没有听从自己的劝告)我早就说过的吧, 我没说错吧, 让我说准了吧 I hate to say I told you so.我真不想说我早就告诉过你吧。 12.to tell the time看钟点;认钟表时间 He taught me to tell the time.他教会了我看钟点。 13.you never can tell无法预料;谁也说不准;很难说 You never can tell what life is going to bring you.很难预料生活中会遇到什么事情。 14.you're telling me<俚>还要你告诉我;我早就知道了 This is really bad.—You're telling me.这真是糟糕透了。——这还用你说? Phrasal Verbstell apart,tell off,tell on |
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