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verb /tel/
present tense
I/you/we/theytell
he/she/ittells
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  1. 1
    [T] to give information to someone 告诉；告知；通知

    If you see anything suspicious, tell the police. 如果发现有可疑情况，要通知警方。

    tell someone (that) :

    Didn't he tell you that I wanted to see you? 难道他没告诉你我想见你吗？

    The passengers were told their flight was about to depart. 乘客们被告知航班就要起飞了。

    tell someone who/what/why/how etc :

    Just tell me what she said. 告诉我她说了些什么。

    Were you told when she would be arriving? 有人告诉你她什么时候到吗？

    tell someone something :

    He finally told me the reason why he was so upset. 他最终告诉了我他如此心烦的原因。

    tell someone (something) about something :

    ‘Tell me about your day,' she said. “跟我说说你这天是怎么过的，”她说道。

    I haven't been told anything about it. 我对此一无所知。

    tell the truth/a lie :

    I promise to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. 我保证要说真话，完完全全说真话，只说真话。

    He tells some absolute whoppers (=big lies) sometimes. 他有时会撒弥天大谎。

     Synonyms and related words
    To tell someone something, or to give information: tell, deliver, report...
    1. a.
      if you tell a story or a joke, you give someone a spoken account of it 口述，讲（故事等）

      Grandpa tells wonderful stories about the old days. 爷爷会绘声绘色地讲述昔日的故事。

      tell someone something :

      Shall I tell you a joke? 要我给你讲个笑话吗？

       Synonyms and related words
      To tell a joke or jokes: joke, tell, quip...
    2. b.
      if something such as a fact, event, or piece of equipment tells you something, it gives or shows you some information 说明；表明；显示

      The facts themselves don't tell us much. 事实本身并不能向我们说明什么。

      Her look of surprise told him that he had guessed right. 她惊诧的神情表明他猜对了。

      The flashing light tells you when the battery needs recharging. 灯在闪烁就表示电池需要充电了。

      What does this room tell you about the person who lived here? 房间的摆设说明房主是个什么样的人呢？

      tell its own story/tale (=give all the information that you need) 说明一切 :

      His troubled face told its own story. 他那张忧虑的脸说明了一切。

       Synonyms and related words
      To tell someone something, or to give information: tell, deliver, report...
  2. 2
    [T] to order or strongly advise someone to do something 命令；指示；建议；叮嘱

    I'm not asking you – I'm telling you! 我不是在请求你，而是在命令你！

    tell someone to do something :

    I told you to be here on time this morning. 我叮嘱过你今天上午要准时到这儿的。

    tell someone what/how/when etc :

    I told him what to do, but he wouldn't listen. 我叮嘱过他要做什么，但他就是不听。

    You will be told where to sit. 有人会告诉你坐在哪里。

    do as/what you're told :

    Do as you're told this minute! 现在叫你怎么做，你就怎么做！

     Synonyms and related words
    To tell people what to do: order, order around, tell...
  3. 3
    [I/T] [never progressive] to recognize something as a result of knowledge, experience, or evidence 识别；分辨；认出

    He's lying. I can always tell. 他在撒谎。我看得出来。

    tell (that) :

    Peter could tell that she was bored. 彼得看得出她感到厌倦了。

    tell who/what/whether etc :

    It's never easy to tell whether he's being serious or not. 很难分辨出他是认真的还是开玩笑的。

     Synonyms and related words
    To notice or recognize something or someone: notice, recognize, observe...
    1. a.
      to recognize the difference between one person or thing and another 区分；辨别；分辨

      Which is which? I can't tell. 哪个是哪个？我无法分辨。

      tell something/someone from something/someone :

      Can you tell butter from margarine? 你能将黄油和人造黄油区分开来吗？

      They're so alike I can never tell one from the other. 他们太相像了，我没法把他们区分开来。

      tell the difference (between) :

      These days it's hard to tell the difference between political parties. 如今很难区分政治派别之间的差别。

       Synonyms and related words
      To notice or recognize something or someone: notice, recognize, observe...
  4. 4
    [I] to have an effect that can be clearly seen, especially a bad effect （尤指负面影响）显露，显现
    tell on :

    These endless business trips are telling on his marriage. 这些没完没了的出差给他的婚姻生活带来了不利的影响。

    begin/start to tell :

    The strain of the last few days was beginning to tell. 前几天过度紧张的负面影响开始显现出来。

     Synonyms and related words
    To have an effect: shape, impact, affect...
  5. 5
    [I] informal to not keep a secret 泄密

    You promised you wouldn't tell. 你答应过不会泄密的。

     Synonyms and related words
    To tell or reveal a secret or secrets: reveal, tell, let on...
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    [I] to inform someone about something bad that someone else has done 打小报告
    tell on :

    She threatened to tell on me.

     Synonyms and related words
    To tell or reveal a secret or secrets: reveal, tell, let on...
See also
Get It Right!: tell
Unlike the verb say, the verb tell is usually used with a personal object, which refers to the person who is being told something:
✗ We know that what they are telling has already been said many times.
✓ We know that what they are telling us has already been said many times.
If you don't want to mention a personal direct object, use say instead:
✗ As Rousseau told in his book, humans are good by nature, but society corrupts them.
✓ As Rousseau said in his book, humans are good by nature, but society corrupts them.
Don't use the preposition to after tell to introduce the object (the person who is being told something):
✗ He told to journalists that he was innocent.
✓ He told journalists that he was innocent.
However, in some fixed expressions, tell can be followed by an object which refers to what is being told. The most frequent expressions are:
tell a joke, tell a lie, tell a story, tell the time, tell the truth
Tell can also be used with an infinitive to mean ‘to order someone to do something'. Don't use say in this meaning:
✗ Who puts women in the kitchen, or says them to do the housework?
✓ Who puts women in the kitchen, or tells them to do the housework?
➡  say
tell
noun
  1. From our crowdsourced Open Dictionary
    a sign; a behavioural clue that reaveals something you are trying to hide

    Blinking was a sure tell that she was nervous.

    Submitted by Boris Marchenko from Russian Federation on 30/06/2015
     

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