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BNC: 107 COCA: 103
tell
tel tɛl
Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense tells, present participle telling, past tense , past participle told
1 VERB 告诉;告知 If you tell someone something, you give them information. 告诉;告知 [Also V of n]

  • In the evening I returned to tell Phyllis our relationship was over. [VERB noun that]

    晚上我回来告诉菲莉丝我们之间完了。

  • I called Andie to tell her how spectacular the stuff looked. [VERB noun wh]

    我打电话告诉安迪，那东西看上去太棒了。

  • Claire had made me promise to tell her the truth. [VERB noun noun]

    克莱尔要我保证把真相告诉她。

  • I only told the truth to the press when the single was released as it seemed the perfect time to do it. [VERB noun + to]

    等到单曲唱片开始发行时，我才把真相透露给媒体，因为那似乎是最佳时机。

  • Tell us about your moment on the summit. [VERB noun + about]

    说说你登上顶峰的那一刻，心里是怎么想的。

  • Her voice breaking with emotion, she told him: 'It doesn't seem fair'. [VERB with quote]

    她激动得声音颤抖，对他说：“这好像不公平吧。”

SYN inform, notify, make aware, say to
2 VERB 说(笑话);讲(故事);讲述(个人经历) If you tell something such as a joke, a story, or your personal experiences, you communicate it to other people using speech. 说(笑话);讲(故事);讲述(个人经历)

  • His friends say he was always quick to tell a joke. [VERB noun]

    他的朋友们说，以前他讲笑话总是张嘴就来。

  • He told his story to The Sunday Times and produced photographs. [VERB noun + to]

    他把自己的经历讲述给了《星期日泰晤士报》的记者，还提供了照片。

  • Will you tell me a story? [VERB noun noun]

    能讲个故事给我听吗？

SYN describe, relate, recount, report
3 VERB 叫;命令;吩咐;建议 If you tell someone to do something, you order or advise them to do it. 叫;命令;吩咐;建议

  • A passer-by told the driver to move his car so that it was not causing an obstruction. [VERB noun to-infinitive]

    一个过路人叫那个司机把他的车挪一挪，免得挡道。

  • She told me on the telephone to come help clean the house. [VERB noun to-infinitive]

    她在电话里叫我过去帮忙打扫屋子。

SYN instruct, order, command, direct
4 VERB 劝说，告诫，鼓舞(自己) If you tell yourself something, you put it into words in your own mind because you need to encourage or persuade yourself about something. 劝说，告诫，鼓舞(自己)

  • 'Come on', she told herself. [V pron-refl with quote]

    “加油！”她在心里暗暗打气。

  • I told myself I would be satisfied with whatever I could get. [V pron-refl that]

    我告诉自己，不管得到什么我都会心满意足的。

Usage Note :

  • Note that the verb tell is usually followed by a direct object indicating the person who is being addressed. He told Alison he was suffering from leukaemia... What did she tell you? 'What did she tell to you?' is wrong. With the verb say, however, if you want to mention the person who is being addressed, you should use the preposition to. 'What did she say you?' is wrong. 'What did she say to you?' is correct. Tell is used to report information that is given to someone. The manufacturer told me that the product did not contain corn. Tell can also be used with a 'to' infinitive to report an order or instruction. My mother told me to shut up and eat my dinner. Say is the most general verb for reporting the words that someone speaks.

    注意，动词tell后面往往跟一个表示听话者的直接宾语：He told Alison he was suffering from leukaemia (他告诉艾莉森他患了白血病)，What did she tell you (她对你说了些什么)。句子 What did she tell to you 是错误的。不过，用动词 say 时，若要提及听话者，应该用介词 to，What did she say you 不对，What did she say to you 是对的。tell 用来转述信息：The manufacturer told me that the product did not contain corn (制造商告诉我该产品不含谷物)。tell 也可以和 to 连用，用来转述命令、指示：My mother told me to shut up and eat my dinner (我妈叫我别说话专心吃饭)。转述某人说的话时，动词 say 最为常用。

5 VERB [no cont] 判断;断定;看出 If you can tell what is happening or what is true, you are able to judge correctly what is happening or what is true. 判断;断定;看出

  • It was already impossible to tell where the bullet had entered. [VERB wh]

    已经无法判断子弹是从哪里打进来的。

  • I couldn't tell if he had been in a fight or had just fallen down. [VERB wh]

    我不知道他是和人家打架了，还是仅仅摔了一跤。

  • You can tell he's joking. [VERB that]

    你能看出来他是在开玩笑。

SYN see, make out, discern, understand
6 VERB [no cont] 区分;辨别;识别 If you can tell one thing from another, you are able to recognize the difference between it and other similar things. 区分;辨别;识别

  • I can't really tell the difference between their policies and ours. [V n + between]

    我真的看不出他们的政策和我们的有什么不同。

  • How do you tell one from another?. [VERB noun + from]

    你怎么把他们区分开来？

  • I had to look twice to tell which was Martinez; they all looked alike. [VERB wh]

    我得仔细看一下才能认出哪个是马丁内斯，他们长得实在太像了。

SYN distinguish, discriminate, discern, differentiate
7 VERB 说出秘密;泄密 If you tell, you reveal or give away a secret. 说出秘密;泄密 [informal]

  • Many of the children know who they are but are not telling. [VERB]

    许多孩子知道他们是谁，可就是不说。

SYN talk, tell tales, spill the beans [informal] , give the game away
8 VERB (事实、事件)表明，说明，显示 If facts or events tell you something, they reveal certain information to you through ways other than speech. (事实、事件)表明，说明，显示

  • The facts tell us that this is not true. [VERB noun that]

    事实告诉我们，这不是真的。

  • I don't think the unemployment rate ever tells us much about the future. [V n amount]

    我认为，从失业率上永远看不出未来的情况究竟如何。

  • The evidence of our eyes tells us a different story. [VERB noun noun]

    我们亲眼所见的可不是那么一回事。

  • While most of us feel fairly complacent about the nutrients we're getting from our diets, the facts tell a very different story. [VERB noun]

    虽然我们大多数人对于从饮食中获取的营养成分感到相当满足，实际情况却不是这样。

SYN reveal, show, indicate, disclose
9 VERB (不快的或令人疲倦的经历)产生效果，产生影响 If an unpleasant or tiring experience begins to tell, it begins to have a serious effect. (不快的或令人疲倦的经历)产生效果，产生影响

  • The pressure began to tell as rain closed in after 20 laps. [VERB]

    跑完 20 圈以后，眼看就要下雨了，大家开始紧张起来。

  • The strains of office are beginning to tell on the prime minister. [VERB on noun]

    首相开始感到公务繁忙的压力了。

SYN have or take effect, register [informal] , weigh, have force
10 See also: telling  kiss and tell 
11 PHRASE 就…所知;据…所知 You use as far as I can tell or so far as I could tell to indicate that what you are saying is based on the information you have, but that there may be things you do not know. 就…所知;据…所知 [vagueness]

  • As far as I can tell, Jason is basically a nice guy.

    据我所知，贾森算得上是个好人。

  • So far as anyone can tell, there's evidence that there was a Robin Hood.

    众所周知，有证据表明确实有罗宾汉这么个人。

  • As far as I could tell, neither of us was under observation.

    据我所知，我们俩都没有受到监视。

12 CONVENTION (用来强调所说的话)我可以肯定/我敢说/我没法形容 You can say 'I tell you', 'I can tell you', or 'I can't tell you' to add emphasis to what you are saying. (用来强调所说的话)我可以肯定/我敢说/我没法形容 [informal, emphasis]

  • I tell you this, I will not rest until that day has come.

    我可以肯定地说，不到那天我不会休息。

  • This little letter gave us a few chuckles, I can tell you.

    说真的，我们看了这封短信都笑了。

  • I can't tell you how glad I was to leave that place.

    我无法形容自己离开那个地方心里有多高兴。

13 CONVENTION 谁也说不准;很难说 If you say 'You never can tell', you mean that the future is always uncertain and it is never possible to know exactly what will happen. 谁也说不准;很难说

  • You never can tell what life is going to bring you.

    你永远不知道人生会给你带来些什么。

14 CONVENTION 我早就告诉过你;我说的没错吧 If someone disagrees with you or refuses to do what you suggest and you are eventually proved to be right, you can say 'I told you so'. 我早就告诉过你;我说的没错吧 [informal]

  • Her parents did not approve of her decision and, if she failed, her mother would say, 'I told you so.'

    她父母不赞同她的决定，要是她失败了，她妈妈就会说：“怎么样，我说对了吧？”

15 CONVENTION 我的建议是，听我说(用来引出建议或转换话题) You use I'll tell you what or I tell you what to introduce a suggestion or a new topic of conversation. 我的建议是，听我说(用来引出建议或转换话题) [spoken]

  • I tell you what, I'll bring the water in a separate glass.

    要不这样吧，我用另一个玻璃杯把水端过来。

16 to tell the time→see: time  time will tell→see: time 
Phrasal verbs:
tell against tell apart tell off tell on
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communicate, disclose, state 1 2

advise, declare, order 3

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