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

• He had promised not to tell on us.
  他曾答应不告发我们。
• His age is beginning to tell on him.
  他开始显得衰老了。
• 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。
• Give back my toy, or I will tell Dad on you.
  把东西还给我，否则的话我赴向爸爸告你状。
• All these late nights were beginning to tell on my health.
  所有这些熬夜，开始影响我的身体了。
• 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。
• You can't tell it on my face, but it's deep in my heart.
  你无法从我的脸上看出它，但它却深深藏在我的心里。
• Sleeplessness is sure to tell on your health.
  失眠肯定会影响你的健康。
• 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。
• Never mind, I won't tell on you
  别担心，我不会告发你。