tell tell[tZl; tєl](told[told; tould])及物动词1 说【凯念同义字】tell 告诉的泛用字inform 较 tell 郑重而正式relate 叙述自己所看到或经验的事report 将自己所调查的事报知他人a. 讲 <故事、事实等> ,说,言,话,述~ the truth说 实话~ a lie说谎b. 对<人>讲,告诉I will ~ you.我来告诉你He asked where she lived and I told him.他问她的住处,我告诉了他(你且听我说)→ I (can) TELL you,You're TELLing me!c. 告诉<人>…,对<人>讲…; 告诉[人]…,[对人]讲…[to]He told us his adventures. = He told his adventures tous.他告诉我们他的冒险故事→ (I'll) tell you WHAT. pron.d. 对<人>说[…之事],传达,告诉[of, about]He told me about his name.他把他名字的事讲给我听I told him of her death.我把她的死讯告诉他e. 告诉<人><…事>He told me that he liked baseball.他告诉我他喜欢棒球He told me that he had finished reading the book.他告诉我他已读完那本书So she told me.她如此告诉我I told you so!.你看,我早就说 过的(你就是不听我的话)!f. 告诉<人>…,告知T~ me when you will leave London.告诉我你何时要离开伦敦She will ~ you what to do.她会教你怎么做2 吩咐<人><做…>,叫,命令,叮咛He told me not to drive too fast.他叫我 (开车) 不要开得太快I was told to wear a suit.我被吩咐要穿成套的衣服Do as you are told.照被吩咐地去做 [叫你怎么做,你就怎么做]3 知道a. 知道…,懂…He cannot ~ (the) time yet.他还看不懂 (钟表上的) 时间I can ~ the time from the position of the sun.我可以从太阳的位置知道时刻You can ~ him by his voice.你可以从他的声音听得出是他b. 看得出<…事>One can ~ (that) she is intelligent.任何人都看得出她聪明c. 知道 <如何…>He couldn't ~ what to do.他不知道怎么办才好There is no ~ing when he may come.他何时会来,不得而知Nobody can ~ what it is.谁也说不清它是什么4 分辨a. [在两者之间] 辨别 <差异等> ,识别,辨识[between]You'll not be able to ~ the difference between them.你 (永远) 无法辨别他们之间的差异b. 辨别…祥纤[from]I can't ~ one twin from the other.我无法辨别这对双胞胎哪个是哪个c. 识别 ~ the twins apart识别双胞胎d. ?] 辨别 <…与否>I cannot ~ whether it is true (or not).我无法辨别那是否真实5 a. <物>表露,显示,表示Her face told her grief.她脸上流露著忧伤This signpost ~s the way to New York.这个路标指示前往纽约的路The clock ~s the time.时钟报时间b. <物>对<人>显示<…>A line of pink on the eastern horizon told me that daybreak was near.东边地平谨孙仿线上的一道淡红光线使我知道天快要亮了6(古)点数,计算→ tell one's BEADSall told → tell 成语不及物动词1 a. <人>讲[…之事],叙述,说[of, about]I'll ~ about [of] it.我来讲这件事b. <物>显示[…],表露[of]His hands ~ of heavy labor.他的双手显示他干的是粗活2 密告 [他人之事] ,告发; 泄密; 搬弄是非,打小报告[on]Did he promise not to ~?.他答应过不泄密吗?Helen told on her sister Mary.海伦打妹妹玛丽的小报告3 a. 奏效; 发生作用,影响; <炮弹等> 命中His experience will ~ in the end.他的经验终究会发挥作用Money is bound to ~.钱一定不会白花的 [花了钱就一定有效果]Every shot told.百发百中b. [对…]奏效; [对人、健康等] 发生作用,给予影响[on, upon]His age is beginning to ~ on [upon] him.他开始显得衰老了c. [对…不利地] 发生作用[影响][against]Everything told against him.事事对他不利4 知道,辨别You can never ~.这可就不知道了,谁都拿不准Nobody can ~.=Who can ~?.谁晓得You never can ~. (.将来之事) 谁也不知道 [不能断定]You can't always ~ from appearances.你不能老是从外表来分辨all told合计,总共There were fifty of them, all told.他们合计有五十人I (can) tell you的确,真地,诚然The movie is worth seeing, I can ~ you.那部电影的确值得一看Tell me another(口语)我不相信,我想你是在开玩笑吧tell off(1)申斥,责骂Betty was told off for being late.贝蒂因迟到而挨骂(2)‘军’分派<人等>[工作][for]; 分派<人等><去做…>Some of the soldiers were told off for guard duty.有些士兵被分派卫兵勤务You're telling me!(口语) (不用你说) 我清楚得很! Tell Tell[tZl; tєl],William名词‘瑞士传说’威廉.泰尔(瑞士争取独立时与奥国作战之英雄,相传曾在奥国总督命令下,以箭射落置于其子头上之苹果)