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[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。 |