tells
US:/tel/
UK:/tel/
v.:
告诉；讲；说；表明
n.:
【考古】(层层覆盖古代遗址的)人工丘阜；传闻
网络:
吩咐；知道；告诉问题所在
Word forms: (过去式) told (第三人称单数) tells (现在分词) telling
Examples
1.
The Bible tells us that when Naomi despaired over the loss of her husband and sons, her daughter-in-law Ruth refused to leave her.
圣经告诉我们，拿俄米因失去丈夫、儿子而沮丧时，她的媳妇路得不肯离开她。
2.
He lifts her brows slightly with a couple of judiciously placed Botox injections and tells her to be patient.
他用两个妥善配置的肉毒杆菌注射剂将她的眉毛稍稍提起，然后告诉她耐心等待。
3.
Such a nice man, put in the mother. Look how kind he is to you. Come on, do what he tells you to. He won't hurt you.
他是一个多好的人呀，她的母亲插话道。你看他对你多好呀，来，听话。他不会伤害你的。
4.
Ali Israr, one of the developers of the system, tells New Scientist that this will open up a new untapped realm for digital entertainment.
系统开发者之一AliIsrar告诉新科学家杂志，这项工程将会为电子娱乐业开启一个新的未被开发的领域。
5.
It tells us that love is just like an oil lamp in the dark, which lightens people's hearts.
它告诉我们，爱就像一盏在黑暗中的油灯，它照亮了人们的心灵。
6.
This theory works for small deployments (three to four nodes), but Jules tells me that this approach doesn't scale.
这个理论适用于小型部署（三到四个节点），但是Jules告诉我该方法也不能伸缩。
7.
Sometimes he tells the truth, too. Besides, I don't think it necessary to tell lies about this kind of thing. Don't you think so?
有时候他也说真话，而且我认为他没有必要对这种事情撒谎，难道你不这样认为吗？
8.
Average revenue tells us how much revenue a firm receives for the typical unit sold.
平均收益告诉我们一个企业从每一典型单位的销售中得到多少收益。
9.
One story from Australia tells about a man very very long ago, who went up to the sun by a rope and brought fire down.
澳大利亚有个传说，很久很久以前，一个人借助一根绳子上到太阳那儿，把火取了下来。
10.
But a second glance at Saarland tells you that crisis-management is not all that matters.
但是你如果再细细研究下萨尔州的情形，就会发现危机管理能力并非成败攸关。