tell v. “講述，告訴，分辨，辨別 ”

單詞變形： tells, telling, told

1、tell sb. sth. 告訴某人某事

Please tell me the reason.請(qǐng)告訴原因。

2、tell sb. (not) to do sth. 告訴某人（不要）做某事

Tell yourself not to give up. 告訴自己不要放棄。

3、tell sb. about sth.告訴某人關(guān)于某事

Please tell him about the news. 請(qǐng)告訴他這個(gè)消息。

4、tell a lie/lies說(shuō)謊

Never tell lies. 永不說(shuō)謊。

tell a story/stories講故事

Mary is good at telling stories. 瑪麗擅長(zhǎng)講故事。

tell a joke/jokes 講笑話

He likes telling jokes. 他喜歡講笑話。

5、tell the difference辨別不同

Can you tell the difference between these two wines?

你能辨別出這兩種酒的不同嗎？

6、tell the time報(bào)時(shí)

There is something wrong with the clock. It can't tell the time.

鐘表出問(wèn)題了，不能報(bào)時(shí)了。

7、tell the truth講實(shí)話

To tell you the truth, I can't speak English.

實(shí)話告訴您，我不會(huì)講英文。

8、tell apart辨別

The two things are very hard to tell apart.

這兩樣?xùn)|西很難區(qū)別.