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tell

/ˈtɛl/KK

練發音
動詞
國小
難度 5 個義項
transitive
sometimes intransitive
變化形
第三人稱單數(不規則)

tells

過去式(不規則)

told

過去分詞(不規則)

told

現在分詞(不規則)

telling

1.
告訴;告知
極常用

把某項資訊、消息或答案告訴某人,常接「某人+某事」或「某人+子句」。

用法:常用句型為「告訴某人某事」或「告訴某人+子句」。若沒有聽者,通常改用表示「說」的動詞。

tell someone the news
tell someone your name
tell someone that ...
tell a secret
tell someone the truth

Please tell your teacher that you will not be at school tomorrow.

請告訴你的老師,你明天不會到學校。

My sister told me the bus was running late.

我姊姊告訴我公車誤點了。

2.
講述;敘述
常用

把故事、笑話、經歷或謊話用言語說給別人聽。

用法:常直接接故事、笑話、經歷或謊話等名詞作受詞。

tell a lie
tell a story
tell a joke
tell the whole story
tell someone about an experience

My dad told us a story after dinner.

我爸爸晚餐後告訴我們一個故事。

Don't tell a lie when you do a bad thing.

當你做了不好的事時,不要說謊。

3.
判讀時間;會看鐘錶
常用

看懂鐘錶或其他計時器所顯示的時間。

用法:常用於「會看時間」的說法;詢問現在幾點通常使用另一個固定問句。

tell the time
learn to tell time
be able to tell the time

My little brother is learning to tell time on a clock.

我的弟弟正在學習看時鐘。

還有 2 個進階的意思(國小之後才會學到)
4.
吩咐;命令;叫
極常用

要求、指示或命令某人做某事。

用法:後面通常接「某人+不定詞」。否定形式為「告訴某人不要做某事」。

tell someone to wait
tell someone to be careful
tell someone what to do
tell someone not to worry
tell someone not to do something

The teacher told us to bring water to practice.

老師叫我們帶水去練習。

My mom told me not to stay up too late.

我媽媽叫我不要熬夜太晚。

5.
看得出;辨認出;分辨
極常用

根據外表、聲音、行為或其他線索,察覺或判斷某件事。

用法:常見「能看得出+子句」、「分辨甲和乙」及「從甲辨認出乙」等句型。

can tell that ...
tell the difference
tell A and B apart
tell A from B
hard to tell

I can tell that you practiced many times for your talk.

我看得出來,你為了這次演講練習了很多次。

Can you tell which boy is Tom?

你能分辨哪個男孩是湯姆嗎?

常見錯誤

She told that she was sick.

She told me that she was sick./She said that she was sick.

My teacher told me don’t run in the hallway.

My teacher told me not to run in the hallway.

Can you tell me how to go to the station?

Can you tell me how to get to the station?

I can tell the difference between this two photos.

I can tell the difference between these two photos.

相關字詞
say 易混淆
speak 近義
inform 近義
tell apart 片語形式
tell on 片語形式
tell the truth 常見搭配
to tell the truth 常見搭配
學習提示

・本字最重要的句型是「告訴某人某事」與「吩咐某人做某事」。

・「看得出來」常搭配表示能力的詞,例如「我看得出來」。

・「分辨」可用「分辨甲和乙」,而不是只在兩個名詞後面直接加本字。

・在「說謊」中,本字後面接「謊話」這個名詞;不要把它誤當成單純表示說話的動詞。

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