tell的用法精講

你們知道tell的用法嗎?我們一起來學習學習吧，下面小編就和大家分享，來欣賞一下吧。

實話實說：tell的用法精講

Those who tell the Truth love you. Those who tell you what you want to hear love themselves.

——Mother Mary Angelica

說實話的人愛你，說你想聽的話的人愛他們自己。

——安琪拉卡修女

一、下面我們來看看tell有幾種含義

v.

1.告訴，告知 [T]

I'll tell her, but it won't have any effect.

我可以告訴她，但不會起什么作用。

2.提供，說明 [T]

The recipe tells how to make maple syrup dumplings.

這個制法講如何做楓糖點心。

3.講述，表達 [T]

I'll tell you what I've been thinking.

我來給你講講我這段時間的想法。

4.泄漏，泄密 [I]

Don’t tell him any secret. He’s a real blabbermouth.

別泄露給他任何秘密，他這人多嘴，會泄漏的。

5.命令，指示，吩咐 [T]

The light tells you if the machine is on.

指示燈告訴你機器是否在工作。

6.識別，辨別 [I]

No one could tell exactly what was going to happen.

誰也不能猜出到底會發(fā)生什么情況。

7.產(chǎn)生效果，發(fā)生影響 [I]

His unselfish work is beginning to tell.

他無私的工作開始產(chǎn)生效果。

二、你知道tell和哪些詞更搭嗎?

tell apart

區(qū)分,分清,區(qū)別,辨別

tell off

責備，斥責，責罵，數(shù)說(某人的過錯) 分派，分配(工作) 數(shù)，計算

tell on

使疲憊不堪;告發(fā)

三、最后，做個填詞游戲吧

The advertisement _____ us very little about the product.

這則廣告提供的產(chǎn)品情況很少。

say和tell的用法區(qū)別大比較

say和tell算是一對同義詞，都表達“說”的意思。常常有同學分不清在哪些情況下該用say，哪些情況用tell，今天就來重點區(qū)分一下。

Say or Tell?

1. Say and Tell have no difference in meaning in this context except for the structure of the sentence.

You SAY something

“He said that he would be back at 3pm”.

You TELL someone something

“He told me that he would be back at 3pm”.

2. Use SAY when you’re quoting someone or with ‘thank you’, ‘sorry’ and ‘hi’.

“Johnny, say thank you to the lady for giving you the ice cream”.

“Say hi to Tom when you see him later”.

“Silvia says sorry for not getting back to you earlier. She has been so busy with work”

3. Use TELL when giving/asking for information or asking for instructions

“Could you tell me the time?” ( information)

“Can you tell me the quickest way to the railway station?” (instructions)

“Could you tell me when the next sales meeting will be?” (information)

“Hold on, I need to tell you something“ (information)

“Can you tell me how to work this computer?” (instructions)

4. We use TELL when we recognise signs

A: “You’ve been in the sun, haven’t you?

B: How did you know?

A: I can tell by your tan.

A: You’re from the UK, aren’t you?

B: How can you tell?

A: I can tell by your accent.

A: How can you tell you’re in love?

B: Mmm, let me think about that.

5. TELL – Special Expressions

We normally tell someone something. However, there are special expressions where we don’t have to tell someone. Here they are:

a. Tell a story or tell a joke

You can tell a story (or you can tell me a story)

“I love telling jokes with my friends”

“Tell me a story”

“My family always tell stories around dinner table”.

b. Tell the truth or a lie

You can tell the truth and the whole truth (or you can tell me the truth and the whole truth)

“He has told so many lies in his career”

“I want you to tell me the truth for once”.

c. Tell Secrets

You can tell someone a secret or you can tell secrets

“He loves telling secrets”

“Can I tell you secret?

d. Tell the difference or tell things apart

You can tell someone the difference but you cannot tell someone things apart

“Can you tell me the difference between these two shirts?”

“Can you tell the difference between these two shirts?”

“I can’t tell the twins apart“

Say, Speak, Talk, Tell的區(qū)別

說英語，當然是要“說”，但你是say呢，還是speak呢，還是talk呢，還是tell?

這四個是關于“說”動作的最基本的4個動詞，在大部分的對話中，你都需要用到它們。搞清楚他們之間的區(qū)別，對你的英語學習很有幫助。

BUT，光是看它們之間的解釋，你能看出區(qū)別嗎?

SAY

釋義：to express an idea, feeling, thought etc. using words

SPEAK

釋義：to talk to someone about something

TALK

釋義：to say things to someone as part of a conversation

TELL

釋義：if someone tells you something, they communicate information, a story, their feelings etc. to you

完了，光是看詞典意思的話，看里看去似乎都像是一個意思。怎么辦?簡單，直接看它們之間最大的不同——用法就行了。

SAY

用法：

1. Say is used with direct and indirect speech

2. Say is most often used without a personal object.

3. If we want to put a personal object after say, we use to.

其實簡單來說，say描述的是說話的內(nèi)容，比如“他說了他一定會來”。如果要表達和誰說了什么的意思，要說“say to”。

例句：

She said you can’t go.

“Don’t cry,” she said to me.

Anything he says is not true.

I don’t knowwhy she went away, because she didn’t say.

SPEAK

用法：

1. Speak is often used for one-way communication and for exchanges in more serious or formal situations.

2. Speak is the usual word to refer to knowledge and use of languages.

與say描述說話內(nèi)容不同，speak描述的是說話的動作，或者是單方面的談話。比如“他沒有說話”，“他向我說話”。Speak還有演講的意思，“說某種語言”也是用speak。

例句：

Hello, may I speak to Jim Smith?

Sorry, I don’t want to speak.

Excuse me, can you speak Chinese?

Robert spoke at the teachers' annual convention.

TALK

用法：

1. There is not very much difference between speak and talk.

2. Talk is the more usual word to refer to conversational exchanges and informal communication.

雖說與speak的用法差不多，但speak是指單方面說話，而talk則是兩者之間互相的、非正式的交談。

例句：

Bill Gates is talking to him.

English people love to talk about the weather.

Look, they are talking in English.

I like to talk with Helena.

TELL

用法：

1. used with direct and indirect speech

2. after tell, we usually say who is told, i.e., tell someone something

3. only used to mean ‘instruct’ or ‘inform’

4. Tell is used to tell someone to do something

5. Tell is not used before objects like a word, a name, a sentence, a phrase.

6. We do not usually use it after tell to refer to a fact.

7. tell someone again (repeat)

這些用法看似復雜，其實不然。簡單地說，tell是告訴的意思，也就是把一些信息傳遞出去，讓某個人接收到這個信息。另外，tell還有“辨識”的意思。

例句：

Tell Jack to attend the meeting.

Tell Jack the meeting is canceled.

Mary told a story to her son.

Now, I can tell the differences among the words SAY, SPEAK TALK and TELL.

看完了這些單詞用途的不同后，你對它們的認識是否更加深入了?讓我來為你總結一下這4個單詞的常見意思：

Say是“說了某某話”;

Speak是說話的動作，或“向某人說話”;

Talk也是說話的動作，但是“兩人或以上互相對話”;

Tell是“告訴”的意思，也就是通過語言傳遞信息給別人，還有“辨識”的意思。

如果你對它們的感覺還是比較模糊，可以抽空注意一下老外們都是如何使用它們的，要知道模仿是很重要的學習途徑。

說話是talk還是tell?關于tell/say/talk的誤區(qū)詳解和用法

英語中表示“說話”的詞有很多，如tell, talk, say等。

和外國人聊天時，偶爾會猶豫哪個詞的表達最合適?今天就來看下，這幾個“說”的區(qū)別和具體用法吧!

1

Talk

釋義：

talk 一般用來表達少數(shù)人之間的非正式談話。

用法：

talk with sb. about sth.

例如：

But you are not ready to talk with him, because you are not confident about your foreign language.

但是你還沒準備好與他交談，因為你對自己的外語能力沒有自信。

2

Tell

釋義：

tell 通常用來表述某人告訴特定的人一些事，帶有“命令，吩咐”的意思。

用法：

tell sb. sth.

tell sb. to do sth.

例如：

It was honest of him to tell me the truth.

他很坦白跟我說了實話。

此外，tell 還可以表達“辨別，明白”的意思。

tell from/apart ...

In this programme, we'll tell the story on just why Africans, Europeans and Asians are so easy to tell apart.

在本期節(jié)目中，我們講述的故事是關于辨別非洲人、歐洲人和亞洲人輕而易舉的原因。

3

Say

釋義：

say 注重說話的內(nèi)容，常被用來復述說別人說過的話。

用法：

say sth./that ...

例如：

Pilots say it should be up to them to decide how much fuel their planes have.

飛行員說，這應該由他們決定他們的飛機需要多少的燃料。

4

Speak

釋義：

speak 強調(diào)發(fā)出說話的動作，常用于一個人和一群人講話，傾向于在正式場合中使用，后面也可以直接加語言。

用法：

speak English/Chinese.

speak to sb.

speak with sb. on sth.

例如：

Finally, however, Miss Glover decided to speak with him on the subject that distressed her.

不過，格洛弗小姐終于決定和他談談這個攪得她心神不寧的問題。

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