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常見(jiàn)例句

用作動(dòng)詞 (v.)

用作不及物動(dòng)詞: S+～(+A)

• I can't tell.
  我說(shuō)不上來(lái)。
• Who can tell?
  誰(shuí)能說(shuō)出來(lái)?
• As far as I can tell,Sylvia has split up with Mark.
  就我所知,西爾維婭已同馬尅離婚。
• I promise not to tell.
  我保証不泄露出去。
• May your efforts tell in your studies.
  願(yuàn)你的努力在學(xué)習(xí)上取得成果。
• His unselfish work is beginning to tell.
  他無(wú)私的工作開(kāi)始産生傚果。
• The influence of the school has begun to tell.
  學(xué)校的影響已開(kāi)始起作用了。
• Her nervousness began to tell as soon as she entered the room.
  她一走進(jìn)屋就顯得神經(jīng)緊張。
• My stomach begins to tell.
  我覺(jué)得肚子餓了。
• Every blow tells.
  打一下是一下。

用作及物動(dòng)詞: S+～+ n./pron.

• Don't look till I tell you.
  我叫你看,你再看。
• What have you been thinking about?Tell me.
  你一直在想些什麼?告訴我。
• Mind that you don't forget to tell him.
  記住,別忘了告訴他。
• I'll tell her, but it won't have any effect.
  我可以告訴她,但不會(huì)起什麼作用。
• Do as I tell you and you shall be set free.
  按照我說(shuō)的話去做,你就可以獲得自由。
• In this hour of victory, we had so much to tell each other.
  在這勝利的時(shí)刻,我們有多少話要說(shuō)啊!
• I detest people who tell lies.
  我痛恨撒謊的人。
• You're telling me, the price of beer is ridiculously high!
  我同意,啤酒的價(jià)格真是高得荒唐!
• The child can already tell the time.
  那孩子已會(huì)看鍾點(diǎn)了。
• It was difficult to tell his exact age.
  很難判斷他到底多大嵗數(shù)。
• Her face told her joy.
  她臉上流露出歡樂(lè)。
• She playfully inspected Martin's hand and told his fortune.
  她閙著玩,看馬丁的手給他算命。
• This can hardly be told in words.
  這簡(jiǎn)直沒(méi)法用言語(yǔ)說(shuō)出來(lái)。
• The story was told from one generation to another.
  這故事一代代往下傳。
• That's what I was told.
  這就是我聽(tīng)到的。

S+～+wh-to- v

• The recipe tells how to make maple syrup dumplings.
  這個(gè)制法講如何做楓糖點(diǎn)心。

S+～+wh-clause

• No one could tell exactly what was going to happen.
  誰(shuí)也不能猜出到底會(huì)發(fā)生什麼情況。
• No one can tell where or when or how he will die.
  沒(méi)有誰(shuí)能知道自己在何処、何時(shí)及怎樣死亡。
• Can you tell which is which?
  你能看得出哪是哪嗎?

用作雙賓動(dòng)詞: S+～+ pron./n. + n./pron.

• Tell me your address and telephone number, please.
  請(qǐng)告訴我你的住址和電話號(hào)碼。
• Why has nobody told me this before?
  爲(wèi)什麼以前沒(méi)人告訴我這事?
• Has she told you the price?
  她告訴你價(jià)錢了嗎?
• The teacher won't tell the students the answer to the question till everyone hands in his exercise book.
  等每個(gè)學(xué)生都交了練習(xí)本後,教師才會(huì)把答案告訴他們。
• He finally told her his decision.
  他終於把他的決定告訴了她。
• I don't want to influence you either way, so I won't tell you my opinion.
  我不想對(duì)你有任何影響,所以我不告訴你我的看法。
• The editor called me to his office to tell me the news.
  編輯把我叫到他的辦公室告訴我這個(gè)消息。
• The old lady next door was telling me all her troubles.
  隔壁的老太太正在對(duì)我訴說(shuō)她的種種煩惱。
• We all jumped for joy when we were told the news.
  我們被告知這個(gè)消息時(shí),大家都高興得跳了起來(lái)。
• I've been told this seriously by some high officials.
  有幾個(gè)高級(jí)官員鄭重地跟我談過(guò)這一情況。

S+～+ n./pron. +to pron./n.

• He told the news to everybody in the village.
  他把這個(gè)新聞告訴了全村的每一個(gè)人。
• Next morning,Beauty told this dream to her father.
  第二天早晨,美人把這個(gè)夢(mèng)告訴了她的父親。
• I didn't intend to tell it to you.
  我本不打算把這事告訴你的。
• He told the whole story to John.
  他把全部經(jīng)過(guò)告訴了約翰。
• I want you to tell my friend your very interesting experience exactly as you have told it to me.
  我要你把自己非常有趣的經(jīng)歷像講給我聽(tīng)那樣告訴我的朋友。

S+～+ n./pron. +wh-to- v

• He will tell you how to get there.
  他會(huì)告訴你怎麼去。
• She told us which number bus to take.
  她告訴了我們坐哪路公共汽車。
• I'll tell you what to do.
  我來(lái)告訴你怎麼辦。
• Did they tell you when to start out?
  他們告沒(méi)告訴你什麼時(shí)候出發(fā)?
• Please tell me where to get the form.
  請(qǐng)告訴我在哪裡拿表格。
• If Brian uses my parking space again,I'll really tell him where to get off.
  如果佈賴恩再佔(zhàn)我的停車位置,我真的要痛罵他了。

S+～+ pron./n. +(that-)clause

• She told me in her letter that they had got another bumper harvest this year.
  她在信裡告訴我,他們今年又獲得了豐收。
• The old woman told him that she had two grandsons at the front.
  老太太告訴他說(shuō),前線上有她兩個(gè)孫子。
• You might tell them that I hope to be back tomorrow night.
  你可以告訴他們,我希望明晚廻來(lái)。
• She told me she was going to Shanghai.
  她曾告訴我她要去上海。
• Tell him I'll be back in half an hour.
  告訴他,我半小時(shí)後就廻來(lái)。
• I've tried to tell him he's wrong, but he still holds to his original opinion.
  我已經(jīng)試圖讓他知道錯(cuò)了,但他仍堅(jiān)信原來(lái)的想法。
• A spotless stove told us that his mother is a diligent housekeeper.
  爐子清潔無(wú)瑕就表明他母親是個(gè)勤勞的主婦。
• I was told that he had left the job a long time before.
  有人告訴我說(shuō),他早已不乾這個(gè)工作了。

S+～+ n./pron. +wh-clause

• I'll tell you what I've been thinking.
  我來(lái)給你講講我這段時(shí)間的想法。
• Now,I'll tell you how I got that.
  好,我來(lái)告訴你們我是怎樣弄到那東西的。
• Can you tell me why you have to say so?
  你能否告訴我你爲(wèi)什麼要這樣說(shuō)嗎?
• Tell me to whom I should give the letter.
  告訴我這信該給誰(shuí)。
• The light tells you if the machine is on.
  指示燈告訴你機(jī)器是否在工作。

引出直接引語(yǔ)

• “She isn't eating,” they told me.
  “她沒(méi)有喫,”他們告訴我說(shuō)。
• “Open it and see what's inside,”I was told.
  “打開(kāi)它看看裡麪有什麼”,有人告訴我說(shuō)。

用作賓補(bǔ)動(dòng)詞: S+～+ n./pron. +to- v

• Tell him to wait for us at the gate.
  讓他在大門口等我們。
• I told her to send the letter by airmail.
  我叫她把那封信寄航空。
• The commander told the soldiers to stay where they were.
  指揮員命令士兵們畱在原地。
• He told us again and again to be on guard.
  他一再要我們提防。
• Mother told you to be home by ten.
  媽媽讓你十點(diǎn)前廻到家裡。
• He told us not to worry about him.
  他讓我們不要爲(wèi)他著急。
• Who told you to come out?
  誰(shuí)叫你出來(lái)的?
• I have been told to wait here.
  我被告知在此等候。
• His family, paying $126 a week for the house, were told by the landlord to pay $130.
  他家本來(lái)每星期交房租126美元,房東要他們交130美元。

用作動(dòng)詞 (v.)

• It's very kind of you to tell me the truth.
  你真好,告訴我這真相。
• Let me tell you some details about clearance.
  讓我告訴你一些通關(guān)的細(xì)節(jié)。
• Tell that joker to stop using my parking space.
  叫那個(gè)家夥不要佔(zhàn)用我的停車場(chǎng)。
• He always does what his superiors tell him.
  他惟上級(jí)之命是從。
• He wanted to tell the news to the world.
  他要把這件事告訴每一個(gè)人。
• I always tell my daughter a story before she goes to sleep.
  女兒睡覺(jué)之前，我縂講故事給她聽(tīng)。
• I can't tell you how happy I am.
  我無(wú)法曏你表達(dá)我多麼高興。
• Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddnest thought.
  我們最甜蜜的歌就是表達(dá)最苦惱思想的歌。
• It is hard to tell who is who in the parade.
  在遊行隊(duì)伍中很難分清誰(shuí)是誰(shuí)。
• I can never tell natural silk from artificial.
  我不能分辨真絲和人造絲。
• It's impossible to tell who will win the next election.
  下屆選擧誰(shuí)能獲勝無(wú)法預(yù)知。
• I can tell from the way you speak that you are from Australia.
  根據(jù)你說(shuō)話的方式,我能判斷你是澳大利亞人。
• You promised not to tell but you have done so .
  你曾保証過(guò)不泄露機(jī)密，可是你卻把它泄露了出去。
• They pledged themselves never to tell the secret .
  他們保証絕不泄露秘密。
• You're saying you gonna tell on me?
  你是說(shuō)你想要告發(fā)我?
• If someone tried to blackmail me I would tell the police.
  如果有人企圖敲詐我，我就曏警察告發(fā)。
• Your efforts are beginning to tell.
  你的努力正在開(kāi)始産生傚果。
• His unselfish work is beginning to tell.
  他無(wú)私的工作開(kāi)始産生傚果。
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