tells
- v.告诉;说;讲述;告知;提供(情况);说明;显示;表达
- n.泄底；玄机；特例历史（tell 的复数形式）
- tell的第三人称单数和复数
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VERB 告诉;告知
If you tell someone something, you give them information.In the evening I returned to tell Phyllis our relationship was over...
晚上我回来告诉菲莉丝我们之间完了。
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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.His friends say he was always quick to tell a joke...
他的朋友们说，以前他讲笑话总是张嘴就来。
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VERB 叫;命令;吩咐;建议
If you tell someone to do something, you order or advise them to do it.A passer-by told the driver to move his car so that it was not causing an obstruction...
一个过路人叫那个司机把他的车挪一挪，免得挡道。
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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.'Come on', she told herself...
“加油！”她在心里暗暗打气。
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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。
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VERB 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.It was already impossible to tell where the bullet had entered...
已经无法判断子弹是从哪里打进来的。
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VERB 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.I can't really tell the difference between their policies and ours...
我真的看不出他们的政策和我们的有什么不同。
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VERB 说出秘密;泄密
If you tell, you reveal or give away a secret.Many of the children know who they are but are not telling.
许多孩子知道他们是谁，可就是不说。
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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.The facts tell us that this is not true...
事实告诉我们，这不是真的。
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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.The pressure began to tell as rain closed in after 20 laps...
跑完 20 圈以后，眼看就要下雨了，大家开始紧张起来。
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See also:telling;kiss and tell -
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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.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。
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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.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。
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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.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。
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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'.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？”
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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.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。
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to tell the time→ see:time
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I 'd love to be a fly on the wall when he tells her the news .
他把这消息告诉她时，我想悄悄在旁观看。
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I think the world of him , but something tells me it 's not love
我很在乎他，但是某种感觉告诉我这不是爱。
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Only time will tell if the treatment has been successful .
只有时间才能证明这种疗法是否成功。
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Well ? Are you going to tell us or not ?
嗯？你想不想告诉我们？
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Any high school student could tell you the answer .
随便一个高中生都可以告诉你答案。
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It 's just like her to tell everyone about it .
她就是这么个人儿，能把这事见谁就告诉谁。
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Any teacher will tell you that students learn at different rates .
任何老师都知道学生学习有快有慢。
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For the love of God , tell me what he said !
看在上帝的分上，告诉我他说了些什么！
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Tell them it 's just not good enough .
告诉他们这确实不够好。
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I have something important to tell you .
我有重要的事情要告诉你。
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I 'm not sure whether I should tell you this .
我拿不准该不该把这事告诉你。
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You must on no condition tell them what happened .
你决不能告诉他们所发生的事。
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You could tell she was foreign by the way she dressed .
从她的穿着就可以看出她是外国人。
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You did right to tell me about it .
你把这件事告诉我，做得很对。
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How many times do I have to tell you not to do that ?
我得跟你说多少回不要做那种事？
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I need hardly tell you that the work is dangerous .
这工作很危险，这就不用我说了。
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You could tell that he had really done his homework .
你能看得出他确实做好了充分准备。
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It was hard to tell the difference between the two versions .
很难分辨出这两个版本有什么区别。
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I should tell you , I 'm completely new to this kind of work .
我得告诉你，我干这活完全是个新手。
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Don 't let 's tell her what we did .
咱们干的事可别告诉她。
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Why ever didn 't you tell us before ?
你为什么不早告诉我们呢？
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Sorry to trouble you , but could you tell me the time ?
对不起打扰您一下，请问几点了？
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I have so much to tell you .
我要对你讲的事情太多了。
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Can she tell the time yet ?
她会看钟表了吗？
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I can 't tell one twin from the other .
我分不出双胞胎中谁是谁。
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Try to tell what this is just by feeling it .
凭手摸摸说出这是什么东西？
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Let 's not tell her what we did .
咱们干的事可别告诉她。
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Don 't tell her that ─ you 'll only make things worse .
别把这事告诉她，你只会火上浇油。
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I called the office to tell them I 'd be late .
我给办公室打电话说我可能晚到一会儿。
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I would prefer it if you didn 't tell anyone .
我希望你别告诉任何人。