Those who tell the Truth love you. Those who tell you what you want to hear love themselves.

——Mother Mary Angelica

实话的人爱你,你想听的话的人爱他们自己。

——安琪拉卡修女

一、下面我们来看看tell有几种含义

v.

1.告诉,告知 [T]

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。

 

2.提供,说明 [T]

The recipe tells how to make maple syrup dumplings.

这个制法讲如何做枫糖点心。

 

3.讲述,表达 [T]

I'll tell you what I've been thinking.

我来给你讲讲我这段时间的想法。

 

4.泄漏,泄密 [I]

Don’t tell him any secret. He’s a real blabbermouth.

别泄露给他任何秘密,他这人多嘴,会泄漏的。

 

5.命令,指示,吩咐 [T]

The light tells you if the machine is on.

指示灯告诉你机器是否在工作。

 

6.识别,辨别 [I]

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。

 

7.产生效果,发生影响 [I]

His unselfish work is beginning to tell.

他无私的工作开始产生效果。

 

二、你知道tell和哪些词更搭吗?

tell apart

区分,分清,区别,辨别

 

tell off

责备,斥责,责骂,数说(某人的过错) 分派,分配(工作) 数,计算

 

tell on

使疲惫不堪;告发

 

三、最后,做个填词游戏吧

The advertisement _____ us very little about the product.
这则广告提供的产品情况很少。