tell on

英 [tel ɒn]

美 [tel ɑːn]

告发; 检举; 告…的状

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 告发;检举;告…的状
  If youtell onsomeone, you give information about them to a person in authority, especially if they have done something wrong.
  1. Never mind, I won't tell on you...
     别担心，我不会告发你。
  2. I'll tell my mummy on you.
     我要到妈妈那儿告你一状。

英英释义

verb

• produce an effect or strain on somebody
  1. Each step told on his tired legs
• give away information about somebody
  1. He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam
  Synonym:denouncebetraygive awayratgrassshitshopsnitchstag

双语例句

• Perhaps it is tell-tale to divulge that for a moment Hook entranced her, and we tell on her only because her slip led to strange results.
  要说胡克这一刻真的迷惑了温迪，似乎是贬低了她，但我们提到这一点，是因为温迪的失误引起了意想不到的后果。
• I have so much to tell you on your birthday, and I have a lot of work in front me today.
  今天，我有很多的话想对你说，也有很多的工作要继续做。就简单地记下这篇短文：祝你生日快乐！
• For example, tell them you will give them on-the – spot tests, but don't tell them on which days! This will ensure that students have to revise the words on a regular basis.
  告诉学生你将给他们一个现场测试，但不告诉他们具体哪一天，这将保证学生必须经常性地复习单词。
• The strains of office are beginning to tell on the prime minister.
  首相开始感到公务繁忙的压力了。
• If you hit me, I'll tell Mother on you.
  假如你打我，我就告诉妈妈。
• I laugh at the idea of there being any one who has anything to tell me on that subject.
  说什么还有一个人在等着我去谈话，我想来就要发笑。
• His age is beginning to tell on him.
  他开始显得衰老了。
• Right. Everyone is outside, so were safe. No one will tell on us.
  对啊，大家都在外面呢，所以我们很安全，没有人会告我们的状的。
• And so it was a story we were keen to tell on the Food Programme.
  正因如此，我们才如此热衷于在美食节目中讲述这个故事。
• A hush tell on the room.
  房间里顿时一片寂静。