tell
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v.:
告诉；说；讲述；知道
n.:
【考古】(层层覆盖古代遗址的)人工丘阜；传闻
网络:
吩咐；辨别；电话
Word forms: (过去式) told (第三人称单数) tells (现在分词) telling
Examples
1.
please write and tell me how much you want for them.
请写信告诉我你要卖什么价。
2.
That's it? You waited up all this time so that you could tell me that you don't want to talk to me?
你通宵等我就是为了跟我说你不想和我说话？
3.
It was honest of him to tell me the truth.
他很坦白跟我说了实话。
4.
Roy: Wow, I can't tell you how much more fulfilling this battle will be now that I can refer to my enemy by the proper appellation.
喔哦，能用正确的称呼来指明我的敌人真是让这场战斗充满了语言表述不出的满足。
5.
I've got a doozy of a story for you, but if you snuff out my voice like that, I won't be able to tell it, now will I?
我有一个故事想要讲给你听，但如果你像那样打断我的话，我就无法讲下去了，不是吗？
6.
The world seems to be full of experts on my life who like to tell me what I should be doing.
这个世界似乎到处都是关于我生活的专家，他们总是试着告诫我“应该”做什么，“不应该”做什么。
7.
Shortly before 11am, she emerged to tell waiting reporters that she had been dismissed.
上午11点不到，她现身并告诉在场等待的记者，她已被解雇。
8.
With the Saudis able to squeeze the oxygen tube at his hospital bed, they can surely tell him to sign up to his own political demise.
随着沙特能够挤压他病床上的氧气管，他们一定能使他他赶快宣告自己的政权覆灭。
9.
Could you tell me how much this parcel is to France?
请问这包裹寄到法国要多少钱？
10.
It was clear that the stories they had to tell were likely to have emerged via family and friends regardless of any decision the Navy took.
很明显他们不得不讲述的故事很有可能会经由家庭或朋友传播而表现出对海军决定的无动于衷。