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

• 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。
• 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。
• He didn't know you should tell on him.
  他没想到你竟会出卖他。
• Naughty little children often tell on each other.
  顽皮的孩子们常常互相告状。
• 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。
• I'll tell my mummy on you.
  我要到妈妈那儿告你一状。
• He had promised not to tell on us.
  他曾答应不告发我们。
• Ike, I didn't tell on you, you got busted by the hallway monitor.
  ike，我没告发你们，你们是被厅长抓到的。