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🔑telltell /tɛl / verb (past tense, past participle told /toʊld /)➤give information提供信息- [transitive] tell sb (sth) | tell sth (to sb) to give information to someone by speaking or writing告诉；告知◆She told me her address, but I forgot it.她告诉了我她的地址，但我忘了。◆He wrote to tell me that his mother was sick.他写信告诉我他母亲病了。◆Tell us about your vacation.跟我们说说你的假期吧。◆Tell me what you did yesterday.告诉我你昨天干了什么。◆to tell the truth / a lie说真话；撒谎◆to tell a story讲故事◆Excuse me, can you tell me where the post office is?劳驾，你能告诉我邮局在哪儿吗？➨ WHICH WORD？词语辨析Say or tell? * say 还是 tell？Say is often used with the actual words that were spoken, or before that in indirect speech. * say 常与所说的直接引语连用，或用在 that 引导的间接引语前“I'll catch the 9 o'clock flight,” he said.“我要赶 9 点钟的航班。”他说道。He said that he would catch the 9 o'clock flight.他说他要赶 9 点钟的航班。Notice that you say something to someone.注意要说 say something to someoneHe said to me that he would catch the 9 o'clock flight.他对我说他要赶 9 点钟的航班。Tell is always followed by a noun or pronoun, showing who you were speaking to. * tell 总是后接名词或代词，表明说话的对象He told me that he would catch the 9 o'clock flight.他告诉我他要赶 9 点钟的航班。Tell, not say, can also be used when you are talking about giving orders or advice. * tell 也可以表示下命令或提建议，say 不能这样用I told them to hurry up.我让他们抓紧时间。She's always telling me what I ought to do.她老是吩咐我该干什么。
- [transitive](used about a thing) to give information to someone（事物）提供信息，说明，显示◆This book will tell you all you need to know.这本书会提供你所需要的全部信息。
➤order命令- [transitive] tell sb (to do sth) to order or advise someone to do something命令；吩咐；建议◆The police officer told us to get out of the car.警察叫我们下车。◆Dad told me not to worry about my final exams.爸爸让我不要担心期末考试。◆Please tell me what to do.请告诉我我要做什么。◆You'll be all right if you do as you're told.你照吩咐去做就行了。
➤know / judge知道；判断- [intransitive, transitive] to know, see, or judge (something) correctly知道；看出；正确判断◆“What do you think Jenny will do next?” “It's hard to tell.”“你认为珍妮下一步会做什么？”“这很难说。”◆I could tell that he enjoyed the evening.我看得出他这一晚过得很开心。◆I can't tell which coat is mine. They look exactly the same.我搞不清楚哪件外套是我的，它们看上去一模一样。
➤inform authorities告密- [intransitive] tell (on sb) (informal) to inform a person in authority that someone has done something wrong告密；告发◆If you do that again, I'm going to tell on you!如果你再那么做，我就要告发你！
 ●as far as I can see / tell●as far as I knowused to say that you think you know or understand something, but you cannot be completely sure依我看，就我所知（不完全确定）◆As far as I can see, you haven't done anything wrong.依我看，你没有做错。●I told you (so) (informal) I warned you that this would happen我早警告过你●tell A and B apartto see the difference between A and B把…区别开◆It's very difficult to tell the twins apart.这对双胞胎很难区分。●tell timeto read the time from a clock or watch（看钟表）说出时间●to tell (you) the truthused to emphasize that you are being honest about something说实话；老实说；说真的◆Well, to tell you the truth, I never even considered the cost.说实话，我甚至都没有考虑过费用。  ●tell sb off (for sth / for doing sth)to speak to someone angrily because he / she has done something wrong责备；斥责；责骂；数落 |