tell v. “講述，告訴，分辨，辨別 ”

單詞變形： tells, telling, told

1、tell sb. sth. 告訴某人某事

Please tell me the reason.請告訴原因。

2、tell sb. (not) to do sth. 告訴某人（不要）做某事

Tell yourself not to give up. 告訴自己不要放棄。

3、tell sb. about sth.告訴某人關于某事

Please tell him about the news. 請告訴他這個消息。

4、tell a lie/lies說謊

Never tell lies. 永不說謊。

tell a story/stories講故事

Mary is good at telling stories. 瑪麗擅長講故事。

tell a joke/jokes 講笑話

He likes telling jokes. 他喜歡講笑話。

5、tell the difference辨別不同

Can you tell the difference between these two wines?

你能辨別出這兩種酒的不同嗎？

6、tell the time報時

There is something wrong with the clock. It can't tell the time.

鐘表出問題了，不能報時了。

7、tell the truth講實話

To tell you the truth, I can't speak English.

實話告訴您，我不會講英文。

8、tell apart辨別

The two things are very hard to tell apart.

這兩樣東西很難區別.