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

• If you hit me, I'll tell Mother on you.
  假如你打我，我就告诉妈妈。
• He had promised not to tell on us.
  他曾答应不告发我们。
• 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。
• Eg2: you can't tell mom on me. You've got nothing on me.
  你没法跟妈妈告我状，我没有把柄落在你手里。
• The strains of office are beginning to tell on the prime minister.
  首相开始感到公务繁忙的压力了。
• You can't tell it on my face, but it's deep in my heart.
  你无法从我的脸上看出它，但它却深深藏在我的心里。
• 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。
• His age is beginning to tell on him.
  他开始显得衰老了。
• Right. Everyone is outside, so were safe. No one will tell on us.
  对啊，大家都在外面呢，所以我们很安全，没有人会告我们的状的。
• Naughty little children often tell on each other.
  顽皮的孩子们常常互相告状。