tell
vt. 告诉，说；辨别；吩咐；断定
vi. 讲述；告发，泄密；识别
n. (Tell)人名；(英、德、瑞典)特尔；(罗、意)泰尔；(阿拉伯)塔勒
vt.
告诉，说；辨别；吩咐；讲述
vt.& vi.
分辨，辨别；告诉，吩咐；泄漏；保证
vi.
泄密，告发；（颜色、声音等）显示；识别；
n.
[考古学]（古代村落遗址堆积而成的）台形土墩；[方言]讲的话；谈话；传闻
变形
复数：tells过去式：told过去分词：told现在分词：telling第三人称单数：tells
双语释义
v.(动词)vt. 告诉 give information (in spoken or written words)
vt. 吩咐 give order; direct
vi. 泄露秘密 reveal a secret
vi. 决定,确定 decide or determine; know definitely
英英释义
tell[ tel ]
n.a Swiss patriot who lived in the early 14th century and who was renowned for his skill as an archer; according to legend an Austrian governor compelled him to shoot an apple from his son's head with his crossbow (which he did successfully without mishap)
同义词：William Tell
v.
express in words
"tell me what is bothering you"
同义词：statesay
let something be known
narrate or give a detailed account of
同义词：narraterecountrecite
give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority
同义词：orderenjoinsay
discern or comprehend
"He could tell that she was unhappy"
inform positively and with certainty and confidence
"I tell you that man is a crook!"
同义词：assure
give evidence
"he was telling on all his former colleague"
同义词：evidence
mark as different
同义词：distinguishseparatedifferentiatesecernsecernateseveralizeseveralisetell apart
词汇搭配
用作动词 (v.)
～+名词
tell a falsehood〔lie〕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
词组短语
can tell能感觉到；能看出来
tell me about告诉我关于…
tell the truth说实话
tell me why告诉我为什么
tell you the truth说实话
tell all和盘道出
tell the world郑重声明；公开宣布
tell about讲述
tell from区别，辨别，认出
tell lies撒谎
tell a lie撒谎
tell of讲述
tell on告发；对…产生效果
tell jokes讲笑话
show and tell展示说明；表演秀
tell tales泄露秘密；揭人隐私；搬弄是非
william tell n. 威廉泰尔（罗西尼所作歌剧，等于Tell William）
同近义词辨析
speak, say, tell, talkspeak着重开口发声，不着重所说的内容，一般作不及物动词，用作及物动词，宾语只能是某种语言等少数几个名词，不能接that从句。
say着重所说的话，可用作及物动词，带宾语从句。
tell 表示告诉，有时兼含“嘱咐”，“命令”等。Tell the truth说真话，tell a lie说谎，tell a story讲故事等为固定搭配。Tell是及物动词，但其后不跟that从句。
talk表示通过谈话方式交换意见、思想、消息等，一般只作不及物动词。
state, speak, say, tell, utter, talk这组词都有“说、讲”的意思，其区别是：
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。
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。
say最普通常用词，指用语言表达思想，着重所说的内容。
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。
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。
双语例句
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 Australia.
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 police.
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。
权威例句
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What can the history and physical examination tell us about low back pain?
Calpain and caspase: can you tell the difference?, by Kevin K.W. Wang: Trends in Neurosciences
Women, fire, and dangerous things: What categories tell us about the nature of thought
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Automatic sense disambiguation using machine readable dictionaries:how to tell a pine cone from an ice cream cone
tell
tell: [OE] Tell goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *taljan, a derivative of *talō ‘something told’ (from which English gets tale). This in turn was formed from the base *tal-, source also of English talk. Beside ‘narrative, discourse’ lies another strand of meaning, ‘counting, enumeration’ (pointing back to an original common denominator ‘put in order’), which survives in all told and the derivative teller ‘counter of votes’, and also in the related German zählen ‘count’.=> tale, talk
tell (v.)
Old English tellan "to reckon, calculate, number, compute; consider, think, esteem, account" (past tense tealde, past participle teald), from Proto-Germanic *taljan "to mention in order" (cognates: Old Saxon tellian "tell," Old Norse telja "to count, number; to tell, say," Old Frisian tella "to count; to tell," Middle Dutch and Dutch tellen, Old Saxon talon "to count, reckon," Danish tale "to speak," Old High German zalon, German zählen "to count, reckon"), from PIE root *del- (2) "to count, reckon" (see tale). Meaning "to narrate, announce, relate" in English is from c. 1000; that of "to make known by speech or writing, announce" is from early 12c. Sense of "to reveal or disclose" is from c. 1400; that of "to act as an informer, to 'peach' " is recorded from 1901. Meaning "to order (someone to do something)" is from 1590s. To tell (someone) off "reprimand" is from 1919. Original sense in teller and phrase to tell time. For sense evolution, compare French conter "to count," raconter "to recount;" Italian contare, Spanish contar "to count, recount, narrate;" German zählen "to count," erzählen "to recount, narrate." Klein also compares Hebrew saphar "he counted," sipper "he told."
tell (n.)
"mound, hill," 1864, from Arabic tall, related to Hebrew tel "mount, hill, heap." Compare Hebrew talul "lofty," Akkadian tillu "woman's breast."
1. I didn't tell anyone, honestly!
我确实没告诉过任何人！
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2. Tell me what really happened.
告诉我究竟发生了什么事。
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3. I can't possibly tell you that!
我绝不会把那件事告诉你的！
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4. I give up—tell me the answer.
我放弃了，把答案告诉我吧。
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5. I'd advise you not to tell him.
我劝你别告诉他。
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6. What did she tell you, anyway?
她到底对你说了什么？
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7. It isn't cheap, I can tell you!
我敢说，这并不便宜！
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8. Why ever didn't you tell me?
你究竟为何不告诉我？
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9. Tell me, have you had lunch yet?
跟我说实话，你吃过午餐没有？
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10. Don't tell me you can't remember.
别告诉我你不记得了。
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11. Tell them I'll be there directly.
告诉他们我一会儿就到。
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12. Don't tell Paul, whatever you do!
无论如何都不要告诉保罗！
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13. I've got heaps to tell you.
我要告诉你很多很多事。
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14. She feared to tell him the truth.
她不敢把真相告诉他。
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15. Tell me when you need a breather.
你需要休息时就告诉我。
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16. Go to him, tell him you're sorry.
去找他，告诉他你很抱歉。
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17. Tell me it's true. I implore you.
告诉我那是真的，求求你。
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18. Don't let's tell her what we did.
咱们干的事可别告诉她。
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19. Maybe you should tell her.
也许你应该告诉她。
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20. Did she tell you her name?
她告诉你她的姓名了吗？
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21. Do exactly as I tell you.
严格按我说的办。
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22. Why ever didn't you tell us before?
你为什么不早告诉我们呢？
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23. Tell them it's just not good enough.
告诉他们这确实不够好。
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24. Tell me where you live.
告诉我你住哪儿？
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25. Tell me why you did it.
告诉我你为什么这样做。
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26. I have something important to tell you.
我有重要的事情要告诉你。
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27. Tell me when the tape starts recording.
磁带开始录时告诉我一声。
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28. Do what I tell you.
你要照我的吩咐做。
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29. I daren't tell her the truth.
我不敢对她讲实话。
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30. I'll tell you a funny story.
我将给你讲个好笑的故事。
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