v.告訴；吩咐；講述；表達(dá)；辨別；判斷；泄露；告發(fā)；產(chǎn)生效果
It's very kind of you to tell me the truth. 你真好,告訴我這真相。
Let me tell you some details about clearance. 讓我告訴你一些通關(guān)的細(xì)節(jié)。
He always does what his superiors tell him. 他惟上級(jí)之命是從。
He wanted to tell the news to the world. 他要把這件事告訴每一個(gè)人。
I always tell my daughter a story before she goes to sleep. 女兒睡覺之前，我總講故事給她聽。
I can't tell you how happy I am. 我無法向你表達(dá)我多么高興。
Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddnest thought. 我們最甜蜜的歌就是表達(dá)最苦惱思想的歌。
It is hard to tell who is who in the parade. 在游行隊(duì)伍中很難分清誰是誰。
I can never tell natural silk from artificial. 我不能分辨真絲和人造絲。
It's impossible to tell who will win the next election. 下屆選舉誰能獲勝無法預(yù)知。
I can tell from the way you speak that you are from Australia. 根據(jù)你說話的方式,我能判斷你是澳大利亞人。
You promised not to tell but you have done so . 你曾保證過不泄露機(jī)密，可是你卻把它泄露了出去。
They pledged themselves never to tell the secret . 他們保證絕不泄露秘密。
You're saying you gonna tell on me? 你是說你想要告發(fā)我?
If someone tried to blackmail me I would tell the police. 如果有人企圖敲詐我，我就向警察告發(fā)。
Your efforts are beginning to tell. 你的努力正在開始產(chǎn)生效果。
His unselfish work is beginning to tell. 他無私的工作開始產(chǎn)生效果。
tell的基本意思是用語言或文字“告知”“告訴”“講述”某事,強(qiáng)調(diào)思想的表達(dá),而不強(qiáng)調(diào)表達(dá)的方式。引申可表示“吩咐”“囑托”“命令”“確定”“區(qū)分,辨別”“泄露秘密”“猜測(cè)”“產(chǎn)生效果”等。
tell可用作不及物動(dòng)詞,也可用作及物動(dòng)詞。用作及物動(dòng)詞時(shí),接名詞、代詞、帶疑問詞的動(dòng)詞不定式或wh-從句作賓語。也可接雙賓語,其直接賓語可以是名詞或代詞,也可以是帶疑問詞的動(dòng)詞不定式或that/wh-從句,其間接賓語可以轉(zhuǎn)化為介詞to的賓語。
tell作“吩咐”解時(shí),還可接以動(dòng)詞不定式充當(dāng)補(bǔ)足語的復(fù)合賓語。
tell可用于被動(dòng)結(jié)構(gòu)。
tell在非正式語體中可以引出直接引語。
adj.聰明的；智能的
adj.可理解的；明白易懂的；清楚的
n.衛(wèi)星；人造衛(wèi)星
v.復(fù)述；再講
