新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

tell

英 [tel]

[VERB]

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CONVENTION. 习惯表达

I tell you , I can tell you , I can't tell you
1. （用以强调）我告诉你/我可以告诉你/我没法告诉你
You can say 'I tell you', 'I can tell you', or 'I can't tell you' to add emphasis to what you are saying.
双语例句
例：
I tell you this, I will not rest until that day has come.
我告诉你，不到那天我不会休息。

PHRASAL VERB. 短语动词

tell apart
1. [PHRASAL 短语] 区分
If you can tell people or things apart, you are able to recognize the differences between them and can therefore identify each of them.
双语例句
例：
It's easy to tell my pills apart because they're all different colours.
我的药片很容易区分，因为它们的颜色不一样。
tell off
1. [PHRASAL 短语] 训斥
If you tell someone off, you speak to them angrily or seriously because they have done something wrong.
双语例句
例：
He never listened to us when we told him off.
我们训斥他时，他从来都不听。
例：
I'm always being told off for being so awkward.
我总因为笨手笨脚而受训斥。

PHRASE. 习语

I told you so
1. 我早跟你说过
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.'
双语例句
例：
Her parents did not approve of her decision and, if she failed, her mother would say, 'I told you so.'
她的父母不赞成她的决定，如果她失败了，她的母亲就会说，“我早跟你说过。”
I'll tell you what , I tell you what
1. （用以引入建议或新话题）你听我说
You use I'll tell you what or I tell you what to introduce a suggestion or a new topic of conversation.
双语例句
例：
I tell you what, I'll bring the beer over to your house.
你听我的，我带啤酒到你家来。
as far as one can tell , so far as one can tell
1. 就某人判断
You use as far as I can tell or so far as I can 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.
双语例句
例：
As far as I can tell, Jason is basically a nice guy.
就我判断，杰森基本上是个好人。

VERB. 动词

tells , telling , told
1. [T 及物动词] 告诉（某人某事）
If you tell someone something, you give them information.
双语例句
例：
In the evening I returned to tell Phyllis I got the job.
晚上我回来告诉菲莉丝我得到了那份工作。
例：
I called Andie to tell her how spectacular the stuff looked.
我打电话给安迪告诉她那东西看上去多么壮观。
例：
Claire had made me promise to tell her the truth.
克莱尔已经逼我答应了告诉她真相。
2. [T 及物动词] 讲述（笑话、故事、个人经历等）
If you tell something such as a joke, a story, or your personal experiences, you communicate it to other people using speech.
双语例句
例：
His friends say he was always quick to tell a joke.
他的朋友们说他以前总是张口就能讲笑话。
例：
He told his story to The LA Times and produced photographs.
他向《洛杉机时报》讲述了自己的故事，并提供了一些照片。
3. [T 及物动词] 命令 , 建议（某人做某事）
If you tell someone to do something, you order or advise them to do it.
双语例句
例：
He said officers told him to get out of his car and lean against it.
他说警官们命令他从车里出来并靠在车上。
4. [T 及物动词] 叮嘱（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.
双语例句
例：
'Come on,' she told herself.
“加油，”她叮嘱自己。
5. [T 及物动词] 判断
If you can tell what is happening or what is true, you are able to judge correctly what is happening or what is true.
双语例句
例：
It was already impossible to tell where the bullet had entered.
已经不可能判断子弹是从哪里射进来的。
6. [T 及物动词] 辨别
If you can tell one thing from another, you are able to recognize the difference between it and other similar things.
双语例句
例：
I can't really tell the difference between their policies and ours.
我实在看不出他们的政策和我们的有什么区别。
例：
How do you tell one from another?
你怎么把它们区分开来？
7. [I 不及物动词] 泄密
If you tell, you reveal or give away a secret.
双语例句
例：
Many of the children know who they are but are not telling.
许多孩子知道他们是谁，但不愿泄露秘密。
8. [T 及物动词] （事实、事件）告诉（某人某事）
If facts or events tell you something, they reveal certain information to you through ways other than speech.
双语例句
例：
The facts tell us that this is not true.
事实告诉我们这不是真的。
例：
I don't think the unemployment rate ever tells us much about the future.
我认为失业率对未来没有什么指示作用。
9. [I 不及物动词] （让人不愉快或疲倦的经历）产生严重影响
If an unpleasant or tiring experience begins to tell, it begins to have a serious effect.
双语例句
例：
It wasn't long before the strain began to tell on our relationship.
很快，这种极度的紧张就开始对我们的关系产生严重影响。