tell的过去式是told,tell的过去分词是told。例句:I tell them that I have been to Hainan.我告诉他们我去过昆明。
例句
⒈Tell me another.
我不信这件事。(不是“告诉我另一件”)
⒉I'm telling you.
注意听我说(这是很重要的)。(译成“我在告诉你”毫无意义。)
⒊Don't tell me you don't know.
你还能不知道?我不信你会不知道。(不是“不要告诉我你不知道”。)
⒋Tell me,it was a misunderstanding.
这肯定是一场误会吧?(表示说话人不相信某事的心情,但愿这是场误会。)
⒌You tell me,you love me.
你许愿你爱我。(如将tell译成“告诉”,意思会很滑稽。)
双语例句
1.There! What did I tell you?
你瞧!我跟你说什么来着?
2.She won't tell.
她不会说出去的。
3.I can't tell you offhand.
我不能立刻告诉你。
4.intimate photographs and kiss-and-tell revelations
暧昧照片及私情爆料
5.Oh no!Evaluations! You can tell that's not my favorite job;I haven't even started yet.When is the deadline for turning in thecompleted forms?
噢,不!业绩评估!你肯定知道那不是我喜欢的工作;我还没开始呢。上交表格的截止日期是什么时候?
tell的常用短语
tell about
tell against
tell apart
tell from
tell it like it is