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

• All right, look. I'm gonna call her and tell her to back off.
  那好吧，我会给她打电话叫她别来烦你。
• At worst, all she can do is tell you off for being late.
  充其量，她能做的不过是责备你迟到了而已。
• 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？
• 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。
• There are people who tell me off, he said in a phone interview. They say my writing is too vulgar.
  有人谴责我，他在接受电话采访时说，他们说我写的写作太粗俗。
• He never listened to us when we told him off
  我们教训他时，他从来不听。
• Didn't she tell you she was off early today?
  她没告诉你吗？她今天早下班的。
• He'll tell you to get off.
  那他会让你下车的。
• She had the audacity to tell him off.
  她有胆量叫他走开。
• 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。