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

• A hush tell on the room.
  房间里顿时一片寂静。
• Eg2: you can't tell mom on me. You've got nothing on me.
  你没法跟妈妈告我状，我没有把柄落在你手里。
• You tell me on that ship is written scripture.
  你告诉我那艘船是写在。
• This time, Ms. Lewinsky appears determined to tell it on her terms.
  这一次，莱温斯基显然决心从她自身的角度来讲述。
• Now she'll go and tell on herb.
  现在她要去告发赫伯去了。
• You can tell early on you're in the hands of somebody who knows exactly what they are doing.
  当你和一个对影片非常了解的人在一起时，你可以事先让他把这些告诉你。
• 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。
• He had promised not to tell on us.
  他曾答应不告发我们。
• You might not feel it now but these exercises will really begin to tell on you tomorrow.
  你现在可能感觉不到，但明天你就能感到这种运动的影响了。
• 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。