tell
音標(biāo)發(fā)音
- 英式音標(biāo) [tel]
- 美式音標(biāo) [t?l]
- 國(guó)際音標(biāo) [tel]
- 英式發(fā)音
- 美式發(fā)音
基本解釋
- vt. 告訴,說(shuō);辨別;吩咐;斷定
- vi. 講述;告發(fā),泄密;識(shí)別
- n. (Tell)人名;(英、德、瑞典)特爾;(羅、意)泰爾;(阿拉伯)塔勒
詞源解說(shuō)
- 直接源自古英語(yǔ)的tellan,意為考慮。
同根派生
- adj性質(zhì)的同根詞
- telling:有效的;生動(dòng)的;顯著的。
- n性質(zhì)的同根詞
- teller:(美)出納員;講述者;講故事者;計(jì)票員。
- telling:命令;敘述;吐露真情。
- v性質(zhì)的同根詞
- telling:告訴;講述(tell的ing形式);命令。
用法辨析
- tell的基本意思是用語(yǔ)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(wèn)詞的動(dòng)詞不定式或wh-從句作賓語(yǔ)。也可接雙賓語(yǔ),其直接賓語(yǔ)可以是名詞或代詞,也可以是帶疑問(wèn)詞的動(dòng)詞不定式或that/wh-從句,其間接賓語(yǔ)可以轉(zhuǎn)化為介詞to的賓語(yǔ)。
- tell作“吩咐”解時(shí),還可接以動(dòng)詞不定式充當(dāng)補(bǔ)足語(yǔ)的復(fù)合賓語(yǔ)。
- tell可用于被動(dòng)結(jié)構(gòu)。
- tell在非正式語(yǔ)體中可以引出直接引語(yǔ)。
v. (動(dòng)詞)
英漢例句
- I can't tell.
我說(shuō)不上來(lái)。 - Don't look till I tell you.
我叫你看,你再看。 - The recipe tells how to make maple syrup dumplings.
這個(gè)制法講如何做楓糖點(diǎn)心。 - No one could tell exactly what was going to happen.
誰(shuí)也不能猜出到底會(huì)發(fā)生什么情況。 - Tell me your address and telephone number, please.
請(qǐng)告訴我你的住址和電話(huà)號(hào)碼。 - He told the news to everybody in the village.
他把這個(gè)新聞告訴了全村的每一個(gè)人。 - He will tell you how to get there.
他會(huì)告訴你怎么去。 - She told me in her letter that they had got another bumper harvest this year.
她在信里告訴我,他們今年又獲得了豐收。 - I'll tell you what I've been thinking.
我來(lái)給你講講我這段時(shí)間的想法。 - “She isn't eating,” they told me.
“她沒(méi)有吃,”他們告訴我說(shuō)。 - Tell him to wait for us at the gate.
讓他在大門(mén)口等我們。
用作動(dòng)詞 (v.)
用作不及物動(dòng)詞: S+~(+A)
用作及物動(dòng)詞: S+~+ n./pron.
S+~+wh-to- v
S+~+wh-clause
用作雙賓動(dòng)詞: S+~+ pron./n. + n./pron.
S+~+ n./pron. +to pron./n.
S+~+ n./pron. +wh-to- v
S+~+ pron./n. +(that-)clause
S+~+ n./pron. +wh-clause
引出直接引語(yǔ)
用作賓補(bǔ)動(dòng)詞: S+~+ n./pron. +to- v
詞組短語(yǔ)
- tell a falsehood 〔lie〕 說(shuō)謊
- tell a story 講故事
- tell one 's experiences 訴說(shuō)自己的經(jīng)歷
- tell sb 's fate〔fortune,future〕 給某人算命
- tell the difference 分辨差別
用作動(dòng)詞 (v.)
~+名詞
英英字典
- (SPEAK) to say something to someone, often giving them information or instructions
- (KNOW) to know, recognize, or be certain
- (HAVE AN EFFECT) to have an effect
- If you tell someone something, you give them information.
- If you tell something such as a joke, a story, or your personal experiences, you communicate it to other people using speech.
- If you tell someone to do something, you order or advise them to do it.
- If you tell yourself something, you put it into words in your own mind because you need to encourage or persuade yourself about something.
- If you can tell what is happening or what is true, you are able to judge correctly what is happening or what is true.
- If you can tell one thing from another, you are able to recognize the difference between it and other similar things.
- If you tell, you reveal or give away a secret.
- If facts or events tell you something, they reveal certain information to you through ways other than speech.
- If an unpleasant or tiring experience begins to tell, it begins to have a serious effect.
- &rarrsee also telling
- 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.
- You can say "I tell you," "I can tell you," or "I can't tell you" to add emphasis to what you are saying. //
- 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."
- You use I'll tell you what or I tell you what to introduce a suggestion or a new topic of conversation.
- to tell the time&rarrsee time
- time will tell&rarrsee time
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專(zhuān)業(yè)釋義
- 告訴
- 講述