telling
['teliŋ]
adj.有效的,显著的
动词tell的现在分词形式
例句与用法:
I'm not too bad at telling stories.
我讲故事还行。
He is given to telling fantastic stories about his travels in Asia.
他喜欢告诉我们他在亚洲旅游的新奇经历。
I'm useless at telling stories.
我讲故事根本不行。
I'm telling you for the last time!
我最后再告诉你一次!
They sat drinking and telling dirty stories.
他们坐在那里,边喝酒边讲下流故事。
What I'm telling you is gospel.
我告诉你的事千真万确。
He capped my story by telling a better one.
他把我讲的故事加以改进,讲出一个更好的故事。
I quailed with fear at the thought of telling her the bad news.
想到要告诉她这个坏消息,我就害怕得发抖。
词形变化:
副词: tellingly |
a.
1. 有力的; 有效的; 显著的
2. 生动的; 说明问题的; 流露感情的
tellingtelling[ˈteliŋ]adj.1.■有效的, 有力的2.■生动的; 显著的; 说明问题的with telling effect有显著效验the most telling passages in that novel那部小说中最生动的段落History is the most telling witness.历史是最有力的见证人。
词性变化telling[ˈteliŋ]n.1.■讲, 可讲的事, 知道, 看出, 辨别take a telling[口]听劝告There is no telling.难说; 不知道。
继承用法telling-offn.1.■[俗]责骂tellinglyadv.
adjective
- having a striking or revealing effect; significant
有力的,有效的;显著的
a telling argument against this theory.
反对这理论的一个有力论据。
tellingly
adverb
telling
名词 telling:
an act of narration
同义词:relation, recounting
informing by words
同义词:apprisal, notification
disclosing information or giving evidence about another
动词 tell:
express in words
let something be known
同义词:tell
narrate or give a detailed account of
同义词:tell, narrate, recount, recite
give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority
discern or comprehend
同义词:tell
inform positively and with certainty and confidence
give evidence
mark as different
同义词:distinguish, separate, differentiate, secern, secernate, severalize, severalise, tell, tell apart
形容词 telling:
disclosing unintentionally
powerfully persuasive
producing a strong effect
同义词:impressive
telling
■Children and fools tell the truth.
[谚]孩子和傻子,口中无诈语。
■Tell me what he said, word for word.
一字不错地把他的话告诉我。
■It's impossible to tell who will win the next election.
下届选举谁能获胜无法预知。
■There was no telling what the next assignment would be.
不晓得下一个任务将是什么。
■To go away without telling your father is most irregular.
不跟你父亲打个招呼就走是非常不合适的。
■The host tell a joke to his guest to break the ice.
主人为了打破僵局,给客人讲了个笑话。
■Please tell me instantly he arrives.
他一到就请告诉我。
■He funked telling her he had lost his job.
他不敢告诉她自己已经失业了。
■He is afraid to tell them the unpalatable truths. He is a dumb dog.
他不敢把令人不快的真情告诉他们。他是条哑吧狗。
■They pledged never to tell the secret.
他们发誓决不泄密。
■Did they tell you when to start out?
他们告没告诉你什么时候出发?
■They sat drinking and telling dirty stories.
他们坐在那里,边喝酒边讲下流故事。
■They tried to bludgeon me into telling them, but I refused.
他们尽力迫使我告诉他们,但我拒绝了。
■He led off the conversation by telling us a story of his personal experience.
他先给我们讲了一个亲身经历的故事,这样大家就谈了起来。
■He just hopped off without telling us he was going.
他匆匆走了,也没告诉我一声。
■He just hopped off without telling us be was going.
他匆匆走了,也没告诉我们一声。
■He clenched his teeth and refused to tell anything.
他咬紧牙关,什么也不肯说。
■He is given to telling fantastic stories about his travels in Asia.
他喜欢告诉我们他在亚洲旅游的新奇经历。
■He was on oath to tell all he saw.
他已宣誓要把所看到的一切都讲来出。
■He capped my story by telling a better one.
他把我讲的故事加以改进,讲出一个更好的故事。
■His unselfish work is beginning to tell.
他无私的工作开始产生效果。
■He's a deaf mute and cannot tell anyone secret.
他是个聋哑人,不会把他们的秘密告诉任何人。
■He ended off his speech by telling a very funny joke.
他最後讲了一个非常滑稽的笑话结束了讲话。
■His mother tell him not to talk to the scamp on the street.
他母亲叫他不要跟街上的流氓说话。
■He's in no mood for (telling) jokes/to tell jokes.
他没心情说笑话。
■It's curious that he didn't tell you.
他没有告诉你,实在反常。
■He didn't tell me the rendezvous.
他没有告诉我约会时间与地点。
■He had the audacity to tell me I was too fat.
他竟然胆敢对我说我太肥胖。
■He wanted to tell the news to the world.
他要把这件事告诉每一个人。
■He said he would rather not tell his age.
他说他还是不告诉我年龄为好。
■He is wary of telling secrets to others.
他谨防向他人泄露秘密。
■His indirect way of telling me to leave annoyed me.
他那种不直截了当地让我离开的方式激怒了我。
■I'll tell you more about the use of tenses in English later on.
以后我会告诉你们更多关于英语时态的用法。
■You may just as well tell me the truth.
你不妨把真相告诉我吧。
■Don't you dare tell about the hiding place?
你不敢把这个藏匿处说出来吗?
■Don't demean yourself by telling such obvious lies.
你不要用这种明显的谎言自贬人格。
■You might as well tell her the truth.
你倒不如把真相告诉她。
■You must on no condition tell him what happened.
你决不能把发生的事情告诉他。
■Why on earth didn't you tell me the truth?
你到底为什么不跟我说实话?
■You must give ear to what the parents tell you.
你务须听从父母的话。
■You have only to ask and he'll tell you.
你只要问他,他就会告诉你。
■Tell you what; why don't we have a picnic this afternoon?
你听我说,今天下午我们为什么不搞一次野餐呢?
■It was spiteful of you to tell him that.
你告诉他那件事是怀有恶意的。
■Sit yourself down and tell us what happened.
你坐下,告诉我们怎么回事。
■You can tell it's silk by the feel.
你摸摸就知道是绸缎。
■Do you have a catalog or something that tell me about your company?
你有没有产品目录或者向我们介绍贵公司的材料?
■Can you keep a secret? All right I'll tell you.
你能保守秘密吗?那我就告诉你。
■Can you tell me how iron is made in the first period?
你能否告诉我在第一时期人们是怎样炼铁的?
■Can you tell me the nearest way to the railway station?
你能告诉我去火车站最近的路吗?
■Can you tell me the way to the railway station?
你能告诉我往火车站的路怎么走吗?