Those who tell the Truth love you. Those who tell you what you want to hear love themselves.
——Mother Mary Angelica
说实话的人爱你,说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。