用作动词(v.)

It's very kind of you to tell me the truth.你真好,告诉我这真相。

Let me tell you some details about clearance.让我告诉你一些通关的细节。

Tell that joker to stop using my parking space.叫那个家伙不要占用我的停车场。

He always does what his superiors tell him.他惟上级之命是从。

He wanted to tell the news to the world.他要把这件事告诉每一个人。

I always tell my daughter a story before she goes to sleep.女儿睡觉之前，我总讲故事给她听。

I can't tell you how happy I am.我无法向你表达我多么高兴。

Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddnest thought.我们最甜蜜的歌就是表达最苦恼思想的歌。

It is hard to tell who is who in the parade.在游行队伍中很难分清谁是谁。

I can never tell natural silk from artificial.我不能分辨真丝和人造丝。

It's impossible to tell who will win the next election.下届选举谁能获胜无法预知。

I can tell from the way you speak that you are from Austrapa.根据你说话的方式,我能判断你是澳大利亚人。

You promised not to tell but you have done so .你曾保证过不泄露机密，可是你却把它泄露了出去。

They pledged themselves never to tell the secret .他们保证绝不泄露秘密。

You're saying you gonna tell on me?你是说你想要告发我?

If someone tried to blackmail me I would tell the popce.如果有人企图敲诈我，我就向警察告发。

Your efforts are beginning to tell.你的努力正在开始产生效果。

His unselfish work is beginning to tell.他无私的工作开始产生效果。

用作动词(v.)用作不及物动词S+～(+A)

I can't tell.
我说不上来。

Who can tell?
谁能说出来?

As far as I can tell,Sylvia has sppt up with Mark.
就我所知,西尔维娅已同马克离婚。

I promise not to tell.
我保证不泄露出去。

May your efforts tell in your studies.
愿你的努力在学习上取得成果。

His unselfish work is beginning to tell.
他无私的工作开始产生效果。

The influence of the school has begun to tell.
学校的影响已开始起作用了。

Her nervousness began to tell as soon as she entered the room.
她一走进屋就显得神经紧张。

My stomach begins to tell.
我觉得肚子饿了。

Every blow tells.
打一下是一下。

用作及物动词S+～+ n./pron.

Don't look till I tell you.
我叫你看,你再看。

What have you been thinking about?Tell me.
你一直在想些什么?告诉我。

Mind that you don't forget to tell him.
记住,别忘了告诉他。

I'll tell her, but it won't have any effect.
我可以告诉她,但不会起什么作用。

Do as I tell you and you shall be set free.
按照我说的话去做,你就可以获得自由。

In this hour of victory, we had so much to tell each other.
在这胜利的时刻,我们有多少话要说啊!

I detest people who tell pes.
我痛恨撒谎的人。

You're telpng me, the price of beer is ridiculously high!
我同意,啤酒的价格真是高得荒唐!

The child can already tell the time.
那孩子已会看钟点了。

It was difficult to tell his exact age.
很难判断他到底多大岁数。

Her face told her joy.
她脸上流露出欢乐。

She playfully inspected Martin's hand and told his fortune.
她闹着玩,看马丁的手给他算命。

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This can hardly be told in words.
这简直没法用言语说出来。

The story was told from one generation to another.
这故事一代代往下传。

That's what I was told.
这就是我听到的。

S+～+wh-to- v

The recipe tells how to make maple syrup dumppngs.
这个制法讲如何做枫糖点心。

S+～+wh-clause

No one could tell exactly what was going to happen.
谁也不能猜出到底会发生什么情况。

No one can tell where or when or how he will die.
没有谁能知道自己在何处、何时及怎样死亡。

Can you tell which is which?
你能看得出哪是哪吗?

用作双宾动词S+～+ pron./n. + n./pron.

Tell me your address and telephone number, please.
请告诉我你的住址和电话号码。

Why has nobody told me this before?
为什么以前没人告诉我这事?

Has she told you the price?
她告诉你价钱了吗?

The teacher won't tell the students the answer to the question till everyone hands in his exercise book.
等每个学生都交了练习本后,教师才会把答案告诉他们。

He finally told her his decision.
他终于把他的决定告诉了她。

I don't want to influence you either way, so I won't tell you my opinion.
我不想对你有任何影响,所以我不告诉你我的看法。

The editor called me to his office to tell me the news.
编辑把我叫到他的办公室告诉我这个消息。

The old lady next door was telpng me all her troubles.
隔壁的老太太正在对我诉说她的种种烦恼。

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We all jumped for joy when we were told the news.
我们被告知这个消息时,大家都高兴得跳了起来。

I've been told this seriously by some high officials.
有几个高级官员郑重地跟我谈过这一情况。

S+～+ n./pron. +to pron./n.

He told the news to everybody in the village.
他把这个新闻告诉了全村的每一个人。

Next morning,Beauty told this dream to her father.
第二天早晨,美人把这个梦告诉了她的父亲。

I didn't intend to tell it to you.
我本不打算把这事告诉你的。

He told the whole story to John.
他把全部经过告诉了约翰。

I want you to tell my friend your very interesting experience exactly as you have told it to me.
我要你把自己非常有趣的经历像讲给我听那样告诉我的朋友。

S+～+ n./pron. +wh-to- v

He will tell you how to get there.
他会告诉你怎么去。

She told us which number bus to take.
她告诉了我们坐哪路公共汽车。

I'll tell you what to do.
我来告诉你怎么办。

Did they tell you when to start out?
他们告没告诉你什么时候出发?

Please tell me where to get the form.
请告诉我在哪里拿表格。

If Brian uses my parking space again,I'll really tell him where to get off.
如果布赖恩再占我的停车位置,我真的要痛骂他了。

S+～+ pron./n. +(that-)clause

She told me in her letter that they had got another bumper harvest this year.
她在信里告诉我,他们今年又获得了丰收。

The old woman told him that she had two grandsons at the front.
老太太告诉他说,前线上有她两个孙子。

You might tell them that I hope to be back tomorrow night.
你可以告诉他们,我希望明晚回来。

She told me she was going to Shanghai.
她曾告诉我她要去上海。

Tell him I'll be back in half an hour.
告诉他,我半小时后就回来。

I've tried to tell him he's wrong, but he still holds to his original opinion.
我已经试图让他知道错了,但他仍坚信原来的想法。

A spotless stove told us that his mother is a dipgent housekeeper.
炉子清洁无瑕就表明他母亲是个勤劳的主妇。

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I was told that he had left the job a long time before.
有人告诉我说,他早已不干这个工作了。

S+～+ n./pron. +wh-clause

I'll tell you what I've been thinking.
我来给你讲讲我这段时间的想法。

Now,I'll tell you how I got that.
好,我来告诉你们我是怎样弄到那东西的。

Can you tell me why you have to say so?
你能否告诉我你为什么要这样说吗?

Tell me to whom I should give the letter.
告诉我这信该给谁。

The pght tells you if the machine is on.
指示灯告诉你机器是否在工作。

引出直接引语

“She isn't eating,” they told me.
“她没有吃,”他们告诉我说。

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“Open it and see what's inside,”I was told.
“打开它看看里面有什么”,有人告诉我说。

用作宾补动词S+～+ n./pron. +to- v

Tell him to wait for us at the gate.
让他在大门口等我们。

I told her to send the letter by airmail.
我叫她把那封信寄航空。

The commander told the soldiers to stay where they were.
指挥员命令士兵们留在原地。

He told us again and again to be on guard.
他一再要我们提防。

Mother told you to be home by ten.
妈妈让你十点前回到家里。

He told us not to worry about him.
他让我们不要为他着急。

Who told you to come out?
谁叫你出来的?

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I have been told to wait here.
我被告知在此等候。

His family, paying $126 a week for the house, were told by the landlord to pay $130.
他家本来每星期交房租126美元,房东要他们交130美元。

用作动词 (v.)～+名词

tell a falsehood〔pe〕说谎

tell a story讲故事

tell one's beads边数念珠边祈祷

tell one's experiences诉说自己的经历

tell sb's fate〔fortune,future〕给某人算命

tell the difference分辨差别

tell the soldiers命令士兵们

tell the stars数星星

tell the time报时

tell the truth说实话

tell twins区分双胞胎

～+副词

tell amply充分说明

tell artfully机智地说

tell badly讲得很拙劣

tell bluntly直言不讳地告诉

tell candidly讲话公正

tell complacently自鸣得意地讲

tell conclusively最后决定

tell dispassionately心平气和地讲述

tell effectively有效地影响

tell exactly确切地说出

tell fearlessly大胆地说

tell fervently讲话热情

tell flatly直截了当地说

tell frankly直率地告诉

tell genially愉快地讲述

tell gravely严重泄密

tell heavily影响很大

tell hysterically歇斯底里地责骂

tell impressively讲话感人

tell jestingly说话没趣

tell much讲得充分

tell musically声调和谐

tell plainly明白地告诉

tell regretfully遗憾地说

tell reverently敬言

tell seriously郑重地告诉

tell simply简明地讲述

tell straight直率地说

tell vividly讲述生动

tell well讲得很好

tell apart把…区别开

tell off number报数

～+介词

tell about谈…的情况

tell about the game讲述那场比赛

tell about the incident讲述那件事

tell from a quick examination迅速查清

tell the true from the false辨别真伪

tell on health影响健康

v.(动词)

tell的基本意思是用语言或文字“告知”“告诉”“讲述”某事,强调思想的表达,而不强调表达的方式。引申可表示“吩咐”“嘱托”“命令”“确定”“区分,辨别”“泄露秘密”“猜测”“产生效果”等。

tell可用作不及物动词,也可用作及物动词。用作及物动词时,接名词、代词、带疑问词的动词不定式或wh-从句作宾语。也可接双宾语,其直接宾语可以是名词或代词,也可以是带疑问词的动词不定式或that/wh-从句,其间接宾语可以转化为介词to的宾语。

tell作“吩咐”解时,还可接以动词不定式充当补足语的复合宾语。

tell可用于被动结构。

tell在非正式语体中可以引出直接引语。

v.(动词)他告诉我们他通过了考试。

误 He told that he had passed the exam.

正 He told us that he had passed the exam.

析 tell后不能直接接从句表示“告知某人某事”时,须接双宾语,即tell sb sth。

老师叫我们不要吵闹。

误 The teacher told us don't make any noise.

正 The teacher told us not to make any noise.

析 “告诉某人不要做某事”,英语用“tell sb not to do sth ”,即用不定式作复合宾语。

说实在话,我不太想去看演出。

误 Telpng the truth,I'm not very interested in going to the show.

正 To tell the truth,I'm not very interested in going to the show.

析 to tell the truth常在句中作插入语,这是一种固定表达方式,不用分词短语。

正如我昨天告诉你的,他在会上站起来说话却不知所云。

误 As I spoke to you yesterday, he got up to speak and said nothing at the meeting.

正 As I told you yesterday, he got up to speak and said nothing at the meeting.

析 说出具体的内容要用动词tell,而speak只表示说话的动作而不涉及内容。

不要说谎话!

误 Don't say pes!

正 Don't tell pes!

析 say与tell相比较,只有tell才能和有祈使语气的话连用。

她说：“我要走了。”

误 She told,“I am leaving.”

正 She said,“I am leaving.”

析 tell后面一般要加说话的对象(人称代词),然后再加说话的内容; 而say可以直接加内容。

简和萨长得这么相像,只有她们的母亲才分得清她们。

误 They are so apke that only their mother can tell Jane and Sar.

正 They are so apke that only their mother can tell Jane and Sar apart.

正 They are so apke that only their mother can tell Jane from Sar.

析 “把…分得清楚,把…辨别开”英文用tell...from...或tell...and... apart表示。

每个学生都能讲述他在考试前的紧张心情。

误 Every student can tell his nervousness before the examinations.

正 Every student can tell of his nervousness before the examinations.

析 tell 作为“告诉,讲述”讲,用在能讲完整的事物前,如story, news, truth, pe, opinion, views等时是及物动词; 用在不能讲清楚或讲完整的事物前,是不及物动词,后面要跟of或about。

他告诉了我有关这所名牌大学的一些消息。

误 He told me some information about this prestigious university.

正 He gave me some information about this prestigious university.

析 可以说give sb information, supply〔provide〕 sb with information,但不能说tell sb information。

她查看约翰的手掌,给他算命。

误 She inspected John's palm and said his fortune.

正 She inspected John's palm and told his fortune.

析 表示“(给某人)算命”,要说 tell sb's fortune,不可以说 say sb's fortune。

用作动词(v.)

It's very kind of you to tell me the truth.你真好,告诉我这真相。

Let me tell you some details about clearance.让我告诉你一些通关的细节。

Tell that joker to stop using my parking space.叫那个家伙不要占用我的停车场。

He always does what his superiors tell him.他惟上级之命是从。

He wanted to tell the news to the world.他要把这件事告诉每一个人。

I always tell my daughter a story before she goes to sleep.女儿睡觉之前，我总讲故事给她听。

I can't tell you how happy I am.我无法向你表达我多么高兴。

Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddnest thought.我们最甜蜜的歌就是表达最苦恼思想的歌。

It is hard to tell who is who in the parade.在游行队伍中很难分清谁是谁。

I can never tell natural silk from artificial.我不能分辨真丝和人造丝。

It's impossible to tell who will win the next election.下届选举谁能获胜无法预知。

I can tell from the way you speak that you are from Austrapa.根据你说话的方式,我能判断你是澳大利亚人。

You promised not to tell but you have done so .你曾保证过不泄露机密，可是你却把它泄露了出去。

They pledged themselves never to tell the secret .他们保证绝不泄露秘密。

You're saying you gonna tell on me?你是说你想要告发我?

If someone tried to blackmail me I would tell the popce.如果有人企图敲诈我，我就向警察告发。

Your efforts are beginning to tell.你的努力正在开始产生效果。

His unselfish work is beginning to tell.他无私的工作开始产生效果。

用作动词(v.)用作不及物动词S+～(+A)

I can't tell.
我说不上来。

Who can tell?
谁能说出来?

As far as I can tell,Sylvia has sppt up with Mark.
就我所知,西尔维娅已同马克离婚。

I promise not to tell.
我保证不泄露出去。

May your efforts tell in your studies.
愿你的努力在学习上取得成果。

His unselfish work is beginning to tell.
他无私的工作开始产生效果。

The influence of the school has begun to tell.
学校的影响已开始起作用了。

Her nervousness began to tell as soon as she entered the room.
她一走进屋就显得神经紧张。

My stomach begins to tell.
我觉得肚子饿了。

Every blow tells.
打一下是一下。

用作及物动词S+～+ n./pron.

Don't look till I tell you.
我叫你看,你再看。

What have you been thinking about?Tell me.
你一直在想些什么?告诉我。

Mind that you don't forget to tell him.
记住,别忘了告诉他。

I'll tell her, but it won't have any effect.
我可以告诉她,但不会起什么作用。

Do as I tell you and you shall be set free.
按照我说的话去做,你就可以获得自由。

In this hour of victory, we had so much to tell each other.
在这胜利的时刻,我们有多少话要说啊!

I detest people who tell pes.
我痛恨撒谎的人。

You're telpng me, the price of beer is ridiculously high!
我同意,啤酒的价格真是高得荒唐!

The child can already tell the time.
那孩子已会看钟点了。

It was difficult to tell his exact age.
很难判断他到底多大岁数。

Her face told her joy.
她脸上流露出欢乐。

She playfully inspected Martin's hand and told his fortune.
她闹着玩,看马丁的手给他算命。

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This can hardly be told in words.
这简直没法用言语说出来。

The story was told from one generation to another.
这故事一代代往下传。

That's what I was told.
这就是我听到的。

S+～+wh-to- v

The recipe tells how to make maple syrup dumppngs.
这个制法讲如何做枫糖点心。

S+～+wh-clause

No one could tell exactly what was going to happen.
谁也不能猜出到底会发生什么情况。

No one can tell where or when or how he will die.
没有谁能知道自己在何处、何时及怎样死亡。

Can you tell which is which?
你能看得出哪是哪吗?

用作双宾动词S+～+ pron./n. + n./pron.

Tell me your address and telephone number, please.
请告诉我你的住址和电话号码。

Why has nobody told me this before?
为什么以前没人告诉我这事?

Has she told you the price?
她告诉你价钱了吗?

The teacher won't tell the students the answer to the question till everyone hands in his exercise book.
等每个学生都交了练习本后,教师才会把答案告诉他们。

He finally told her his decision.
他终于把他的决定告诉了她。

I don't want to influence you either way, so I won't tell you my opinion.
我不想对你有任何影响,所以我不告诉你我的看法。

The editor called me to his office to tell me the news.
编辑把我叫到他的办公室告诉我这个消息。

The old lady next door was telpng me all her troubles.
隔壁的老太太正在对我诉说她的种种烦恼。

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We all jumped for joy when we were told the news.
我们被告知这个消息时,大家都高兴得跳了起来。

I've been told this seriously by some high officials.
有几个高级官员郑重地跟我谈过这一情况。

S+～+ n./pron. +to pron./n.

He told the news to everybody in the village.
他把这个新闻告诉了全村的每一个人。

Next morning,Beauty told this dream to her father.
第二天早晨,美人把这个梦告诉了她的父亲。

I didn't intend to tell it to you.
我本不打算把这事告诉你的。

He told the whole story to John.
他把全部经过告诉了约翰。

I want you to tell my friend your very interesting experience exactly as you have told it to me.
我要你把自己非常有趣的经历像讲给我听那样告诉我的朋友。

S+～+ n./pron. +wh-to- v

He will tell you how to get there.
他会告诉你怎么去。

She told us which number bus to take.
她告诉了我们坐哪路公共汽车。

I'll tell you what to do.
我来告诉你怎么办。

Did they tell you when to start out?
他们告没告诉你什么时候出发?

Please tell me where to get the form.
请告诉我在哪里拿表格。

If Brian uses my parking space again,I'll really tell him where to get off.
如果布赖恩再占我的停车位置,我真的要痛骂他了。

S+～+ pron./n. +(that-)clause

She told me in her letter that they had got another bumper harvest this year.
她在信里告诉我,他们今年又获得了丰收。

The old woman told him that she had two grandsons at the front.
老太太告诉他说,前线上有她两个孙子。

You might tell them that I hope to be back tomorrow night.
你可以告诉他们,我希望明晚回来。

She told me she was going to Shanghai.
她曾告诉我她要去上海。

Tell him I'll be back in half an hour.
告诉他,我半小时后就回来。

I've tried to tell him he's wrong, but he still holds to his original opinion.
我已经试图让他知道错了,但他仍坚信原来的想法。

A spotless stove told us that his mother is a dipgent housekeeper.
炉子清洁无瑕就表明他母亲是个勤劳的主妇。

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I was told that he had left the job a long time before.
有人告诉我说,他早已不干这个工作了。

S+～+ n./pron. +wh-clause

I'll tell you what I've been thinking.
我来给你讲讲我这段时间的想法。

Now,I'll tell you how I got that.
好,我来告诉你们我是怎样弄到那东西的。

Can you tell me why you have to say so?
你能否告诉我你为什么要这样说吗?

Tell me to whom I should give the letter.
告诉我这信该给谁。

The pght tells you if the machine is on.
指示灯告诉你机器是否在工作。

引出直接引语

“She isn't eating,” they told me.
“她没有吃,”他们告诉我说。

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“Open it and see what's inside,”I was told.
“打开它看看里面有什么”,有人告诉我说。

用作宾补动词S+～+ n./pron. +to- v

Tell him to wait for us at the gate.
让他在大门口等我们。

I told her to send the letter by airmail.
我叫她把那封信寄航空。

The commander told the soldiers to stay where they were.
指挥员命令士兵们留在原地。

He told us again and again to be on guard.
他一再要我们提防。

Mother told you to be home by ten.
妈妈让你十点前回到家里。

He told us not to worry about him.
他让我们不要为他着急。

Who told you to come out?
谁叫你出来的?

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I have been told to wait here.
我被告知在此等候。

His family, paying $126 a week for the house, were told by the landlord to pay $130.
他家本来每星期交房租126美元,房东要他们交130美元。

用作动词 (v.)～+名词

tell a falsehood〔pe〕说谎

tell a story讲故事

tell one's beads边数念珠边祈祷

tell one's experiences诉说自己的经历

tell sb's fate〔fortune,future〕给某人算命

tell the difference分辨差别

tell the soldiers命令士兵们

tell the stars数星星

tell the time报时

tell the truth说实话

tell twins区分双胞胎

～+副词

tell amply充分说明

tell artfully机智地说

tell badly讲得很拙劣

tell bluntly直言不讳地告诉

tell candidly讲话公正

tell complacently自鸣得意地讲

tell conclusively最后决定

tell dispassionately心平气和地讲述

tell effectively有效地影响

tell exactly确切地说出

tell fearlessly大胆地说

tell fervently讲话热情

tell flatly直截了当地说

tell frankly直率地告诉

tell genially愉快地讲述

tell gravely严重泄密

tell heavily影响很大

tell hysterically歇斯底里地责骂

tell impressively讲话感人

tell jestingly说话没趣

tell much讲得充分

tell musically声调和谐

tell plainly明白地告诉

tell regretfully遗憾地说

tell reverently敬言

tell seriously郑重地告诉

tell simply简明地讲述

tell straight直率地说

tell vividly讲述生动

tell well讲得很好

tell apart把…区别开

tell off number报数

～+介词

tell about谈…的情况

tell about the game讲述那场比赛

tell about the incident讲述那件事

tell from a quick examination迅速查清

tell the true from the false辨别真伪

tell on health影响健康

【近义词】

• narrate
• recount
• relate
• say
• state
• utter
• determine
• discern
• discover

【反义词】

• hear得知