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

• I have so much to tell you on your birthday, and I have a lot of work in front me today.
  今天，我有很多的话想对你说，也有很多的工作要继续做。就简单地记下这篇短文：祝你生日快乐！
• Naughty little children often tell on each other.
  顽皮的孩子们常常互相告状。
• His age is beginning to tell on him.
  他开始显得衰老了。
• If you hit me, I'll tell Mother on you.
  假如你打我，我就告诉妈妈。
• 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。
• 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。
• A hush tell on the room.
  房间里顿时一片寂静。
• 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。
• 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。
• He had promised not to tell on us.
  他曾答应不告发我们。