tell

[tel] [tel]
  • 第三人称单数:tells;
  • 过去式:told;
  • 过去分词:told;
  • 现在分词:telling;
  • 同义词
    反义词
    • vt. & vi.
      tell的反义词之:告诉;讲述;命令
      listenhear
    • tell的反义词之:其他释义
      hear
    同义词解析
    • 以下这些动词均有"说,讲" 的意思
      say最普通常用词,指用语言表达思想,着重所说的内容。
      speak侧重于说话动作的本身,着重说话的能力而不在内容,可以是长篇大论的演讲,也可以是三言两语的交谈,甚至指简单的开口发声说话。
      state较正式用词,通常指用明确的语言或文字着重地叙述事实,既强调内容又注重语气。
      talk普通用词,侧重指与人交谈时的连续说话,可指单方面较长谈话,和speak一样,着重说活动作而不侧重内容。
      tell普通用词,指把某事告诉或讲述给某人听,口语或书面语均可用。
      utter着重说话的行为,常指声音的使用,突出用噪子发声。
    词组
    • as far as one can tell
      judging from the available information 根据现有的消息来判断
    • I tell you (或 I can tell you)
      used to emphasize a statement 我可以肯定地说,确实
    • I (或 I'll) tell you what
      used to introduce a suggestion 我的主张(或意见、建议)是…;你听我说…
    • I told you (so)
      used as a way of pointing out that one's warnings, although ignored, have been proved to be well founded 我早跟你说过的
    • tell one's beads
    • tell someone's fortune
    • tell it like it is
      (informal)describe the true facts of a situation no matter how unpleasant they may be (非正式)如实说来,实事求是地说,说实话
    • tell its own tale (或 story)
      be significant or revealing, without any further explanation or comment being necessary 不言而喻,显而易见,不言自明
    • tell me about it
      (informal)used as an ironic acknowledgement of one's familiarity with a difficult or unpleasant situation or experience described by someone else (非正式)我早知道了;还用你告诉我
    • tell me another
      (informal)used as an expression of disbelief or incredulity (非正式)不见得吧;我不相信;哪有这种事,别胡说
    • tell something a mile off
    • tell tales
      make known or gossip about another person's secrets, wrongdoings, or faults 讲…的坏话;搬弄是非
    • tell that to the marines
    • tell the time (或美tell time)
      be able to ascertain the time from reading the face of a clock or watch 会认钟,会看钟点
    英语四级真题
    • I could tell you everything about every day after that.
      出自-2017年6月阅读原文
    • Could he help explain her experiences?McGaugh invited her to his lab, and began to test her: he would give her a date and ask her to tell him about the world events on that day.
      出自-2017年6月阅读原文
    • But carrots got their biggest boost during the two world wars when food shortages forced people to eat them and governments told everyone how healthy carrots were.
      出自-2017年6月听力原文
    • This is Aesop, the fabulist ( ' , 寓言家 ), the man of these charming little tales, often told in terms of animals and animal relationships, He says.
      出自-2016年6月阅读原文
    • It is really difficult to tell if assisted living is better than a nursing home.
      出自-2016年6月阅读原文
    • Parents and teachers will tell you not to worry when applying for a place at a university.
      出自-2016年6月听力原文
    • When I told a group of school children who displayed helpless behavior that a lack of effort led to their mistakes in math, they learned to keep trying when the problems got tough.
      出自-2016年12月阅读原文
    • We can cultivate a growth mind-set in children by telling success stories that emphasize hard work and love of learning.
      出自-2016年12月阅读原文
    • It is utterly confusing to me that people do not recognize this, despite the fact that pretty much anyone who has been a student can tell the difference between their best and worst teachers.
      出自-2016年12月阅读原文
    • How do we transmit a growth mind-set to our children? One way is by telling stories about achievements that result from hard work.
      出自-2016年12月阅读原文
    • But I can tell you that I like this guy.
      出自-2016年12月阅读原文
    • As a person who writes about food and drink for a living, I couldn't tell you the first thing about Bill Perry or whether the beers he sells are that great.
      出自-2016年12月阅读原文
    • They leave when the clock tells them they're done.
      出自-2015年12月阅读原文
    • The first person I told was my mother.
      出自-2015年12月阅读原文
    • A friend told me the following story.
      出自-2015年12月阅读原文
    • Steve, can you tell me how long you’ve been a pub owner?To help ourselves and others, it’s important to know something about drugs.
      出自-2015年12月听力原文
    • Legend tells of one general who flew musical kites over the enemy’s camp.
      出自-2015年12月听力原文
    • In Japan,once when I was in the studio audience of a TV cooking show, I was asked to go up on the stage and taste the beef dish that was being prepared and tell what I thought.
      出自-2015年12月听力原文
    • As a person who writes about food and drink for a living, I couldn't tell you the first thing about bill Perry or whether the beers he sells are that great.
      2016年12月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section C
    • But I'm here to tell you that instead of focusing on doing what we love, I think we should focus on loving what we do.
      2019年6月四级真题(第二套)听力 Section C
    • Each episode will focus on a different area of science, and tell us what we know, how we know it, and what we still don't know.
      2019年12月四级真题(第一套)听力 Section B
    • For example, she would say, you'll get a spot on your tongue if you tell a lie; if you eat stale bread, your hair will curl.
      2017年6月四级真题(第二套)听力 Section B
    • However, if a contractor is working in your home, you don't need to tell them that there are cameras watching.
      2018年12月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C
    • I think it will be very interesting to see what etiquette (礼仪) emerges in terms of whether you tell people you have a camera or not, and whether guests have a right to ask that it be tuned off, if it's not a security issue.
      2018年12月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C
    • In Japan, once when I was in the studio audience of a TV cooking show, I was asked to go up on the stage and taste the beef dish that was being prepared and tell what I thought.
      2015年12月四级真题(第一套)听力 Section C
    • It's not always easy to tell if someone is using drugs.
      2015年12月四级真题(第二套)听力 Section C
    • McGaugh invited her to his lab, and began to test her: he would give her a date and ask her to tell him about the world events on that day.
      2017年6月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B
    • Please tell us more.
      2019年12月四级真题(第一套)听力 Section B
    • Should you tell your friends, for instance, that they 're being recorded while you all watch the big game together?
      2018年12月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C
    • So, could you tell me, what's the quickest way to get there?
      2017年6月四级真题(第二套)听力 Section B
    • Steve, can you tell me how long you've been a pub owner?
      2015年12月四级真题(第二套)听力 Section B
    • Tell us what happened at the station.
      2016年12月四级真题(第二套)听力 Section B
    • The students, who were studying artificial intelligence, were interacting with the virtual assistant and couldn't tell it apart from a real human being.
      2019年12月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C
    • The study did not examine the possibility of deep psychological significance to the mistake, says psychologist David Rubin, "but it does tell us who's in and who's out of the group."
      2019年6月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section C
    • While the "average" male and "average" female brains were slightly different, you couldn't tell it by looking at individual brain scans.
      2016年12月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section A
    英语六级真题
    • John, tell us about the first survey.
      出自-2017年6月听力原文
    • Can you tell us how you first became interested in this subject matter?( ' , 9 ) Wh e n f a c i n g a n e w situation, some people tend to rehearse their defeat by spending too much time anticipating the worst.
      出自-2017年6月听力原文
    • The elevation of the room that once belonged only to the servants to that of design showcase for the modem family tells the story of a century of social change.
      出自-2016年6月阅读原文
    • It underestimates students' ability to tell good teachers from poor ones.
      出自-2016年6月阅读原文
    • But researchers are improving systems to measure a teacher's performance throughout the year, and, with three years of data, it's usually possible to tell which teachers are failing.
      出自-2016年6月阅读原文
    • You know, one of the first things I like to tell people when they ask me about the supplements, is that a lot of them are promoted as a cure for your memory, but your memory doesn’t need a cure.
      出自-2016年6月听力原文
    • As U.S.banks recovered with the help of the American government and the American taxpayer, president Obama held meetings with top bank executives, telling them it’s time to return the favor.
      出自-2016年6月听力原文
    • Now we are told Members of Parliament ( ' , MPs) will have a free vote before parliament is dissolved in March.
      出自-2016年12月阅读原文
    • If you make clinical predictions based on somebody's race, you're going to be wrong a good chunk of the time, Yudell told Live Science.
      出自-2016年12月阅读原文
    • Stacy is going to walk you through the step-by-step process of becoming a social worker and Mill will tell you about the range of options you have once you get your social work degree, as well as the high standards of responsibility the social workers must adhere to.
      出自-2016年12月听力原文
    • To one group, he was identified as African-American, and another was told he was Black .
      出自-2015年12月阅读原文
    • He said doctors risked losing the trust of patients if they told patients, I'm not going to do what I think is best for you because 1 think it's bad for the healthcare budget in Massachusetts.
      出自-2015年12月阅读原文
    • Environmental campaigns that tell us how many people drive SUVs unwittingly ( ' , 不经意地 ) imply that this behaviour is widespread and thus permissible.
      出自-2015年12月阅读原文
    • The best form of advertising is probably word-of-mouth advertising which occurs when people tell their friends about the benefits of products or services that they have purchased.
      出自-2015年12月听力原文
    • Charles, as a singer, do you ever make yourself cry when you sing? I wonder if you can tell me a little bit about your job as a radio announcer.
      出自-2015年12月听力原文
    • A high-tech test that can tell when a person is not telling the truth sounds too good to be true.
      2018年12月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section C
    • Can you tell us a little about that?
      2018年12月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section A
    • Can you tell us how you first became interested in this subject matter?
      2017年6月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section A
    • Employees still tell stories of how the Wallaces would take care of employees who had met with misfortunes and they showered their employees with unusual benefits like a turkey at Thanksgiving and Fridays off in May.
      2018年6月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section C
    • Environmental campaigns that tell us how many people drive SUVs unwittingly (不经意地) imply that this behaviour is widespread and thus permissible.
      2015年12月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B
    • I always tell people to make sure they're drinking enough fluids, which for the average person is 60 to 70 ounces a day, which translates into eight 8-ounce glasses of water or liquid per day.
      2019年12月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B
    • I want to tell you about the past, present and future of the human population.
      2017年6月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section C
    • I wonder if you can tell me a little bit about your job as a radio announcer.
      2015年12月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section A
    • In a 2016 study published in the journal Nature Neuroscience, Ariely and colleagues showed how dishonesty alters people's brains, making it easier to tell lies in the future.
      2019年12月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section C
    • living in college dormitories, there are no parents to tell you to study harder or stop wasting time.
      2019年6月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section A
    • Psychologists call them "masters of deception", those rare individuals with a natural ability to tell, with complete confidence, when someone is telling a lie.
      2018年12月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section C
    • So please tell us, why did you decide to open a café?
      2018年6月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section A
    • Stacy is going to walk you through the step-by-step process of becoming a social worker and mill will tell you about the range of options you have once you get your social work degree, as well as the high standards of responsibility the social workers mus
      2016年12月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section C
    • The number of devices you can talk to is multiplying—first it was your phone, then your car, and now you can tell your kitchen appliances what to do.
      2019年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section A
    • This suggests that babies of that age can tell the difference between a happy melody and a sad tune.
      2019年12月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section C
    • You know, one of the first things I like to tell people when they ask me about the supplements, is that a lot of them are promoted as a cure for your memory, but your memory doesn't need a cure.
      2016年6月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section B
    柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
    英汉词典释义
    英英词典释义
    • Verb
      1. express in words;
      "He said that he wanted to marry her""tell me what is bothering you""state your opinion""state your name"
      2. let something be known;
      "Tell them that you will be late"
      3. narrate or give a detailed account of;
      "Tell what happened""The father told a story to his child"
      4. give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority;
      "I said to him to go home""She ordered him to do the shopping""The mother told the child to get dressed"
      5. discern or comprehend;
      "He could tell that she was unhappy"
      6. inform positively and with certainty and confidence;
      "I tell you that man is a crook!"
      7. give evidence;
      "he was telling on all his former colleague"
      8. mark as different;
      "We distinguish several kinds of maple"