| 单词 | telling |
| 释义 | telling (telɪŋ ) Word forms: tellings 1. variable noun The telling of a story or of something that has happened is the reporting of it to other people. Herbert sat quietly through the telling of this saga. [+ of] These stories grow in the telling. 2. adjective If something is telling, it shows the true nature of a person or situation. It was her expression that was the most telling. How a man shaves may be a telling clue to his age. Synonyms: effective, significant, considerable, marked tellingly adverb [ADVERB with verb] The house received nearly 300 'customers' a year, as he tellingly called them. 3. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] A telling argument or criticism is a very effective one. He spoke reasonably, carefully, and with telling effect. The most telling condemnation of the system was that it failed to fulfil its function. 4. there's no telling phrase You use there's no telling to introduce a statement when you want to say that it is impossible to know what will happen in a situation. There's no telling how long the talks could drag on. There's no telling what diseases a person can get. Collocations: telling indicator of The way they ran as hard in the last minute as they did the first was a telling indicator of the desire at the club. Times, Sunday Times (2015) Surely this is a far more telling indicator of true middle age? Times, Sunday Times (2013) Your stance on them is a telling indicator of your world view. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Translations: Chinese: 讲述 Japanese: 話すこと |
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