tell
英 /tel/ 美 /tel/
- v. 告诉；讲述Give someone information or describe something in words.
- v. 吩咐；命令Instruct someone to do something.
- v. 辨别；看出Recognise a difference or know something from available evidence.
Please tell me what happened at school today.
请告诉我今天在学校发生了什么。
Schools should tell parents how personal information about their children is collected and stored.
学校应告知家长，孩子的个人信息是如何被收集和保存的。
搭配
tell a story 讲故事tell the truth 说实话tell someone to do something 吩咐某人做某事tell the difference 辨别差异
辨析提示
tell常直接接人；say接人时通常用to。
词族
teller (n.)、retell (v.)
相关词
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