| 词汇 | tell |
| 释义 | tell verb uk /tel/ us /tel/told | told tellverb (SPEAK)A1[ T ] to say something to someone, often giving them information or instructions: 讲述，说;告诉 Tell me about your holiday then.那么跟我说说你的假期吧。 [ + two objects ]Can you tell me how to get to the library?请问去图书馆怎么走？ [ + obj + (that) ]Did you tell anyone (that) you were coming to see me?你有没有跟任何人说起要来看我？ [ + obj + speech ]"I'm leaving you," she told him.“我要离开你，”她跟他说。 [ + obj + to infinitive ]I told her to go home.我叫她回家。 formalHe told us of his extraordinary childhood.他给我们讲述了他不寻常的童年。 I can't tell you how grateful I am for your help (= I am extremely grateful).我对你的帮助感激不尽。 to tell someone something tellMy friend told me you were looking for me. let someone knowLet me know if you'd like to come. giveCan you give the message to Jo? communicateA 60-second TV commercial isn't always the best way to communicate a complex medical message. informThe relatives of the injured have been informed of the accident. notifyThe school has to notify parents if their children do not arrive at school. tell a lie/lies to say something/things that are not true: 说谎，撒谎 She's always telling lies.她老是说谎。 to say something not true in order to deceive lieAll she does is lie - you can't believe a word she says. tell a lieI cannot tell a lie: I chopped down the cherry tree. lie through your teethHe lied through his teeth that he didn't go to the cinema, though he was still holding the ticket stub in his hand as he said it. fibI don't like fibbing, but I didn't want to hurt his feelings by saying his gift was awful. misleadI'm afraid you've been misled. She is, in fact, married. deludeHe's deluding himself if he thinks that he's getting that promotion. tell it like it isinformal to tell the facts without hiding anything如实说，实话实说 tell talesdisapproving If someone, usually a child, tells tales, they tell someone such as a teacher about something bad that someone else has done: （通常指小孩）告状，揭短 Your classmates won't trust you if you're always telling tales, Alvin.阿尔文，如果你老是打小报告，你的同学会不信任你的。 See also telltale tell the truth to speak honestly: 说真话，讲实话 How do you know she's telling the truth?你怎么知道她讲的是实话？ to tell (you) the truth to be honest: 说句老实话，说实话 To tell (you) the truth, I didn't understand a word of what he was saying.说实话，他说的我一点儿也听不懂。 They wouldn't tell me how they had got my address. I felt it was my duty to tell them the truth.我觉得我有责任告诉他们真相。 Gather (a)round, children, and I'll tell you a story.孩子们，到我身边来，我给你们讲个故事。 The doctor told me to avoid fatty foods. No-one told me she was ill.没人告诉我她病了。 Announcing, informing & stating acquaint someone/yourself with something annunciation apprise someone of something avowedly awaken someone to something bear notify pass proclaim propagate propagation propagative public put something before someone put something out reported ring self-proclaimed smoke signal stake a claimidiom You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Lies, lying & hypocrisy Blunt and direct in speech & behaviour Revealing secrets & becoming known Honesty, openness & sincerity tellverb (KNOW)B2[ I or T ] to know, recognize, or be certain: 知道;辨别;确定 "He's Dutch." "How can you tell?"“他是荷兰人。”“你怎么知道？” [ + (that) ]I could tell (that) you were unhappy.我看得出你当时很不高兴。 B2[ T ] If something tells you something, it gives you information: （事物）显露，显示 What does the survey tell us about the lives of teenagers?这次调查给我们提供了有关青少年生活的什么信息？ tell the difference C1 to notice a difference in quality between two things: 区分，区别 This coffee is about half the price of that one and yet you really can't tell the difference.这种咖啡的价格差不多是那种的一半，而你根本分辨不出它们有什么不同。 tell someone's fortune(alsotell fortunes) to say what will happen in someone's future: 给（某人）算命 At the fair, there was a lady who told your fortune.集市上有一个算命的女人。 tell the timeUK(UStell time) to be able to understand a clock: 会看钟表 My daughter has just learned to tell the time.我女儿刚刚学会看时间。 there is no telling there is no way of knowing: 不知道，无法知道 There is no telling what the future will hold for them.不知道他们的未来会怎么样。 you never can tellB2(alsoyou can never tell) said to mean that 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.谁知道彼得和我将来会怎么样呢——谁也无法预料。 I could tell from her expression that something serious had happened.一看她的脸色我就知道出了很严重的事情。 You can tell it's autumn because the leaves have started to fall. Who can tell what the future holds?谁又能知道将来会发生什么事呢？ Can you tell the the difference between poisonous mushrooms and edible varieties? I could tell he was really upset, though he tried not to show it. Learning & knowing absorptive capacity achievement gap acquirable acquire acquisition audit bone know better (than someone)idiom know better (than to do something)idiom know something from something know something like the back of your handidiom know your way around somethingidiom orientation recognition recognize study holiday study under someone subskill subspeciality subspecialize You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Announcing, informing & stating Identifying Predicting things and intuition Watches & clocks Uncertainty tellverb (HAVE AN EFFECT)[ I ] to have an effect: 产生效果，产生影响 She's been under a lot of stress recently and it's starting to tell.她最近压力很大，而且这已经开始让她吃不消了。 Causing things to happen activation actuation agent attribute attribute something to someone breed give rise toidiom hyperstimulate hyperstimulation implement implementation prompt proximately put someone to somethingidiom Pygmalion effect reactivate realization render spark spell GrammarSay or tell? Say and tell are irregular verbs. The past simple of say is said, the past simple of tell is told: … Say and tell with objects Both say and tell take a direct object. The object is most commonly the reported clause (the report of what someone said). … Tell + indirect object + to-infinitive We use tell with an indirect object and a to-infinitive to report a command or an instruction. We don’t normally use say in this way: … IdiomsI'm telling you (I) told you (so)! (I'll) tell you what tell me about it! tell me another one! you're telling me! Phrasal verbstell against someone/something tell something/someone apart tell someone off tell on someone tell noun[ C ] uk /tel/ us /tel/ (in the game of poker) something that a player does without thinking about it that may give the other players information about what he or she intends to do, etc. : If you are good at reading poker tells, you can usefully store them in your memory for future use. something that someone does without thinking that shows what they are really thinking, especially if they are trying to deceive you: My boss, like so many company leaders, has a tell when he is about to announce bad news — he smiles weakly. I don't think he was a good enough player to pick up on the fact that I had noticed his tell. She was eventually alerted to her tell and then she had to try to stop herself doing it. He soon realized that his tell had been spotted. Her tell was that she looked away when she was about to say something disappointing. Card games all in bidding blackjack bridge busted flush canasta card sharp deal deuce diamond pool queen re-raise rebid recut rookie card solitaire spade stick straight You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Lies, lying & hypocrisy tell | American Dictionarytell verb us/tel/past tense and past participletoldus/toʊld/ tellverb (SAY)[ I/T ] to say something to someone, esp. to give instructions or information; report: [ T ]Can you tell me how to get to the bus station? [ I ]She told about her travels overseas. tellverb (SHOW)[ T ] to show or give information in ways other than talking: This light tells you when the battery is low. tellverb (ORDER)[ T ] to order someone to do something: I told you to be home by eleven. tellverb (KNOW)[ I/T ] to know or recognize: [ I ]It’s hard to tell which is better. [ T ]It’s easy to tell a robin by its red breast. [ + (that) clause ]I could tell that you were unhappy. [ T ]This one is supposed to be better, but how can you tell the difference? IdiomsI’m telling you tell it like it is tell me about it tell (someone) the truth (I) tell you what tell time to tell (you) the truth Phrasal verbstell someone/something apart tell off someone tell on someone Examples of telltell The children were told they would be shown two pictures, and that the experimenter would say a description of one of the pictures. They were told that the study was designed to examine social interaction processes. A doctor told him that this condition was caused by excess consumption of roasted and fried food. A telling example-of importance for the study reported below-involves (thematic) verb raising. Afterwards they [children] accused us of telling lies and didn't bother us anymore. He was told that he was being let off with this minor punishment because this was his first offence. All are concerned with telling the story of her life. The doctor tells her husband that she is not a wife but an angel [firishta]. We also agree with the authors that what subjects are told about a task can be of central importance, even when deception is not involved. The analogy to medicine is telling here, as well. No doubt there is some revised physiological story to be told. The story is told that there are two personalities among psychologists, optimists and pessimists, who see the glass as half full or half empty, respectively. He confirmed what other people in the neighbourhood have repeatedly told me. Compared to the abundant use of such items in sites postdating 50,000 this absence is telling. I entirely agree, but only because this is a true story told from a first-person perspective, which does not, unfortunately, escape epiphenomenalism. See all examples of tell These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. 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