tell off

英 [tel ɒf]

美 [tel ɔːf]

斥责; 训斥; 训诫

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 斥责;训斥;训诫
  If youtellsomeoneoff, you speak to them angrily or seriously because they have done something wrong.
  1. He never listened to us when we told him off...
     我们教训他时，他从来不听。
  2. I'm always being told off for being so awkward...
     我笨手笨脚的，总挨训。
  3. Dutch police told off two of the gang, aged 10 and 11.
     荷兰警方对一帮小混混中的两个人进行了训诫，他们一个 10 岁，另一个 11 岁。

英英释义

verb

• reprimand
  1. She told the misbehaving student off
  Synonym:brush down

双语例句

• I'm always being told off for being so awkward
  我笨手笨脚的，总挨训。
• The farmers used a special system of counting to tell off their sheep.
  农民们使用一种特殊的计数方法清点羊的头数。
• All right, look. I'm gonna call her and tell her to back off.
  那好吧，我会给她打电话叫她别来烦你。
• Didn't I tell you to turn off the TV if you're not watching it?
  我没告诉你如果不看电视的话就关掉吗？
• At the end of which they tell you to piss off?
  然后他们给你说，你滚吧？
• Won't you tell your dad get off my back?
  你能让你爸爸别对我不依不饶么？
• And if you wanted to tell someone off in Spanish our relatively obvious "go fly a kite" would be better served by the phrase "go fry asparagus".
  如果你想用西班牙语指责某人“放空头支票”，那么最好是用“gofryasparagus”，而不是相对较直白地说“goflyakite”。
• I'd go to the kitchen to get breakfast, and he'd be waiting to tell me off.
  我去厨房做早餐，他会等在那数落我。
• Patty: I think I will just tell him off. I'm going to burn my bridges, but at least I'll feel much better.
  佩蒂：我想我只会训他一顿。虽然我会把自己搞得无路可退，但至少我会好过一点。
• Dutch police told off two of the gang, aged 10 and 11.
  荷兰警方对一帮小混混中的两个人进行了训诫，他们一个10岁，另一个11岁。