词汇 | tell-on |
释义 | tell on someonephrasal verb with tellverbuk /tel/ us /tel/told | told (INFORM)informal to give information about someone, usually something bad that they have said or done, especially to a person in authority(尤指向当权者)告发(某人) Revealing secrets & becoming known anti-secrecy backchannel bare bare your heart/soulidiom blow someone's coveridiom blow/take the lid off somethingidiom declassify hold huddle kiss put the word outidiom rat rat on someone/something reintroduce revealingly state's evidence surface tip transpire unravel (AFFECT BADLY)mostlyUK to have a bad effect on someone's health or behaviour: 损害(某人)的健康;对(某人)产生不良影响 A succession of late nights had begun to tell on him and his work was suffering.连续的熬夜开始让他的身体吃不消,他的工作也受到了影响。 to have power to cause a change in someone or something affectLow-income women were disproportionately affected by the legislation. influenceThe jury could have been influenced by all the media coverage surrounding the case. be/fall under someone's influence/spellThe young queen seemed to fall under the spell of her counsellor, believing everything he told her. be under someone's spellWe warned her about him, but all he had to do was turn on the charm and she was under his spell. guideHe is guided by the core beliefs of his religion. impactSevere storms will impact on travel across the region tonight. Damaging and spoiling adulterant adulterate adulterated adulteration applecart butcher drive a wedge between someoneidiom dry rot eat eat away at something erode foul put something out of jointidiom queer rain on someone's paradeidiom rampage ravage seismic sour wreck tell on someone | American Dictionarytell on someonephrasal verb with tellverbus/tel/past tense and past participletoldus/toʊld/ infml to give information about someone's bad behavior or secrets: If you don’t stop hitting, I’m going to tell on you. |
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