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

• You have the most obvious tell on the planet.
  你知道这个地球上最有趣的故事。
• Never mind, I won't tell on you
  别担心，我不会告发你。
• Eg2: you can't tell mom on me. You've got nothing on me.
  你没法跟妈妈告我状，我没有把柄落在你手里。
• A succession of late nights had begun to tell on him and his work was suffering.
  连续开夜车开始损害他的健康，他的工作也受到了影响。
• If you hit me, I'll tell Mother on you.
  假如你打我，我就告诉妈妈。
• He didn't know you should tell on him.
  他没想到你竟会出卖他。
• 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。
• 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。
• Perhaps it is tell-tale to divulge that for a moment Hook entranced her, and we tell on her only because her slip led to strange results.
  要说胡克这一刻真的迷惑了温迪，似乎是贬低了她，但我们提到这一点，是因为温迪的失误引起了意想不到的后果。
• Sleeplessness is sure to tell on your health.
  失眠肯定会影响你的健康。