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

• Now she'll go and tell on herb.
  现在她要去告发赫伯去了。
• 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。
• Sleeplessness is sure to tell on your health.
  失眠肯定会影响你的健康。
• A hush tell on the room.
  房间里顿时一片寂静。
• Naughty little children often tell on each other.
  顽皮的孩子们常常互相告状。
• You might not feel it now but these exercises will really begin to tell on you tomorrow.
  你现在可能感觉不到，但明天你就能感到这种运动的影响了。
• Never mind, I won't tell on you
  别担心，我不会告发你。
• 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。
• 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。
• He promised not to tell on his friend.
  他发誓不告诉他的朋友。