tell的用法精讲

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实话实说：tell的用法精讲

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

——Mother Mary Angelica

说实话的人爱你，说你想听的话的人爱他们自己。

——安琪拉卡修女

一、下面我们来看看tell有几种含义

v.

1.告诉，告知 [T]

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

我可以告诉她，但不会起什么作用。

2.提供，说明 [T]

The recipe tells how to make maple syrup dumplings.

这个制法讲如何做枫糖点心。

3.讲述，表达 [T]

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

我来给你讲讲我这段时间的想法。

4.泄漏，泄密 [I]

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

别泄露给他任何秘密，他这人多嘴，会泄漏的。

5.命令，指示，吩咐 [T]

The light tells you if the machine is on.

指示灯告诉你机器是否在工作。

6.识别，辨别 [I]

No one could tell exactly what was going to happen.

谁也不能猜出到底会发生什么情况。

7.产生效果，发生影响 [I]

His unselfish work is beginning to tell.

他无私的工作开始产生效果。

二、你知道tell和哪些词更搭吗?

tell apart

区分,分清,区别,辨别

tell off

责备，斥责，责骂，数说(某人的过错) 分派，分配(工作) 数，计算

tell on

使疲惫不堪;告发

三、最后，做个填词游戏吧

The advertisement _____ us very little about the product.

这则广告提供的产品情况很少。

say和tell的用法区别大比较

say和tell算是一对同义词，都表达“说”的意思。常常有同学分不清在哪些情况下该用say，哪些情况用tell，今天就来重点区分一下。

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的区别

说英语，当然是要“说”，但你是say呢，还是speak呢，还是talk呢，还是tell?

这四个是关于“说”动作的最基本的4个动词，在大部分的对话中，你都需要用到它们。搞清楚他们之间的区别，对你的英语学习很有帮助。

BUT，光是看它们之间的解释，你能看出区别吗?

SAY

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

SPEAK

释义：to talk to someone about something

TALK

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

TELL

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

完了，光是看词典意思的话，看里看去似乎都像是一个意思。怎么办?简单，直接看它们之间最大的不同——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.

其实简单来说，say描述的是说话的内容，比如“他说了他一定会来”。如果要表达和谁说了什么的意思，要说“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.

与say描述说话内容不同，speak描述的是说话的动作，或者是单方面的谈话。比如“他没有说话”，“他向我说话”。Speak还有演讲的意思，“说某种语言”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.

虽说与speak的用法差不多，但speak是指单方面说话，而talk则是两者之间互相的、非正式的交谈。

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)

这些用法看似复杂，其实不然。简单地说，tell是告诉的意思，也就是把一些信息传递出去，让某个人接收到这个信息。另外，tell还有“辨识”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.

看完了这些单词用途的不同后，你对它们的认识是否更加深入了?让我来为你总结一下这4个单词的常见意思：

Say是“说了某某话”;

Speak是说话的动作，或“向某人说话”;

Talk也是说话的动作，但是“两人或以上互相对话”;

Tell是“告诉”的意思，也就是通过语言传递信息给别人，还有“辨识”的意思。

如果你对它们的感觉还是比较模糊，可以抽空注意一下老外们都是如何使用它们的，要知道模仿是很重要的学习途径。

说话是talk还是tell?关于tell/say/talk的误区详解和用法

英语中表示“说话”的词有很多，如tell, talk, say等。

和外国人聊天时，偶尔会犹豫哪个词的表达最合适?今天就来看下，这几个“说”的区别和具体用法吧!

1

Talk

释义：

talk 一般用来表达少数人之间的非正式谈话。

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.

但是你还没准备好与他交谈，因为你对自己的外语能力没有自信。

2

Tell

释义：

tell 通常用来表述某人告诉特定的人一些事，带有“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.

他很坦白跟我说了实话。

此外，tell 还可以表达“辨别，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.

在本期节目中，我们讲述的故事是关于辨别非洲人、欧洲人和亚洲人轻而易举的原因。

3

Say

释义：

say 注重说话的内容，常被用来复述说别人说过的话。

用法：

say sth./that ...

例如：

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

飞行员说，这应该由他们决定他们的飞机需要多少的燃料。

4

Speak

释义：

speak 强调发出说话的动作，常用于一个人和一群人讲话，倾向于在正式场合中使用，后面也可以直接加语言。

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.

不过，格洛弗小姐终于决定和他谈谈这个搅得她心神不宁的问题。

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