tell off

英 [tel ɒf]

美 [tel ɔːf]

斥责; 训斥; 训诫

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 斥责;训斥;训诫
  If youtellsomeoneoff, you speak to them angrily or seriously because they have done something wrong.
  1. He never listened to us when we told him off...
     我们教训他时，他从来不听。
  2. I'm always being told off for being so awkward...
     我笨手笨脚的，总挨训。
  3. Dutch police told off two of the gang, aged 10 and 11.
     荷兰警方对一帮小混混中的两个人进行了训诫，他们一个 10 岁，另一个 11 岁。

英英释义

verb

• reprimand
  1. She told the misbehaving student off
  Synonym:brush down

双语例句

• Didn't I tell you to turn off the TV if you're not watching it?
  我没告诉你如果不看电视的话就关掉吗？
• The farmers used a special system of counting to tell off their sheep.
  农民们使用一种特殊的计数方法清点羊的头数。
• He'll tell you to get off.
  那他会让你下车的。
• They might even be willing to pretend to tell you off so that you don't lose face with your friends.
  他们也许会假装推脱离开，这样你也不失面子。
• At the end of which they tell you to piss off?
  然后他们给你说，你滚吧？
• The man says: You go up there and tell him off.
  男士回应说：你快上去斥责他。
• Didn't she tell you she was off early today?
  她没告诉你吗？她今天早下班的。
• It was perhaps rude of him to tell you to push off when you hadn't yet finished talking.
  你还没有谈完，他就叫你走，那可以说是很不礼貌的。
• My boyfriend likes to argue. I finally have to tell him off and keep him away from me for days.
  我的男朋友真喜欢辩论。最后我只好叫他住嘴，几天内别来找我。
• A: If Maggie's late, I'm going to tell her off.
  如果玛姬迟到的话，我要骂骂她。