单词 | tell |
释义 | tell (once / 7 pages) 1v 2v 3v WORD FAMILY tell: foretell, retell, teller, telling, tells, told, untellable+/foretell: foretelling, foretells, foretold/foretelling: foretellings/retell: retelling, retells, retold/teller: tellers/telling: tellingly, tellings/told: untold/untellable: untellably/untold: untoldly USAGE EXAMPLESThe FBI told the Denver Post that the agency assigned 50 agents to the case, including one who is highly specialized in missing children searches. Seattle Times(Jan 03, 2017) Warning about the use of chemical weapons, President Obama tells Syria’s Assad regime that there is a “red line” that must not be crossed. The Guardian(Jan 03, 2017) The doctor told me to rest, really rest. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) 1 1v narrate or give a detailed account of The father told a story to his child Syn|Hypo|Hyper narrate, recite, recount relate give an account of cracktell spontaneously yarntell or spin a yarn rhapsodise, rhapsodizerecite a rhapsody inform impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to 2v express in words tell me what is bothering you Syn|Hypo|Hyper say, state say state as one's opinion or judgement; declare lay out, present, represent bring forward and present to the mind misstatestate something incorrectly answer, reply, respondreact verbally introduce, precede, preface, premisefurnish with a preface or introduction announce, declareannounce publicly or officially articulate, enunciate, vocalise, vocalizeexpress or state clearly get outexpress with difficulty declarestate emphatically and authoritatively declaremake a declaration (of dutiable goods) to a customs official mention, note, observe, remarkmake mention of add, append, supplystate or say further explaindefine giveconvey or reveal information sum, sum up, summarise, summarizebe a summary of pleadenter a plea, as in courts of law professconfess one's faith in, or allegiance to argue, reasonpresent reasons and arguments argue, indicategive evidence of call backreturn or repeat a telephone call counterspeak in response fieldanswer adequately or successfully sassanswer back in an impudent or insolent manner come back, rejoin, repay, retort, return, riposteanswer back condemndeclare or judge unfit for use or habitation promulgateput a law into effect by formal declaration bless, consecrate, hallow, sanctifyrender holy by means of religious rites account, answer forfurnish a justifying analysis or explanation advise, propose, suggestmake a proposal, declare a plan for something assure, promisemake a promise or commitment promisepromise to undertake or give take the Fifth, take the Fifth Amendmentrefuse to testify by invoking the Fifth Amendment, which states that nobody may be forced to testify as a witness against himself or herself preamblemake a preliminary introduction, usually to a formal document prologise, prologize, prologuizewrite or speak a prologue condemn, doom, sentencepronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law spintwist and turn so as to give an intended interpretation exclaim, proclaim, promulgatestate or announce professstate freely affirm, assert, aver, avow, swan, swear, verifyto declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true depone, depose, swearmake a deposition; declare under oath attest, bear witness, take the stand, testifygive testimony in a court of law quotename the price of insert, slip in, sneak in, stick ininsert casually toss inadd casually to a conversation decreeissue a decree animadvert, opine, sound off, speak out, speak upexpress one's opinion openly and without fear or hesitation bridlerespond to the reins, as of horses comment, notice, point out, remarkmake or write a comment on count outdeclare the loser castdeposit express, give tongue to, utter, verbalise, verbalize articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise 3v let something be known Hypo|Hyper digress, divagate, stray, wander lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking bespeak, betoken, indicate, point, signalbe a signal for or a symptom of break, bring out, disclose, discover, divulge, expose, give away, let on, let out, reveal, unwrapmake known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret spill, talkreveal information air, bare, publicise, publicizemake public ingeminate, iterate, reiterate, repeat, restate, retellto say, state, or perform again propagandise, propagandizesubject to propaganda announce, annunciate, foretell, harbinger, heraldforeshadow or presage give, impart, leave, pass ontransmit (knowledge or skills) blackwashbring (information) out of concealment augur, auspicate, betoken, bode, forecast, foreshadow, foretell, omen, portend, predict, prefigure, presage, prognosticateindicate by signs markdesignate as if by a mark conveymake known; pass on, of information muckrakeexplore and expose misconduct and scandals concerning public figures blowcause to be revealed and jeopardized outreveal (something) about somebody's identity or lifestyle come out, come out of the closet, outto state openly and publicly one's homosexuality springproduce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly betray, bewrayreveal unintentionally confidereveal in private; tell confidentially leaktell anonymously babble, babble out, blab, blab out, let the cat out of the bag, peach, sing, spill the beans, talk, tattledivulge confidential information or secrets hypepublicize in an exaggerated and often misleading manner bulletinmake public by bulletin perseveratepsychology: repeat a response after the cessation of the original stimulus dittorepeat an action or statement dwell, harpcome back to interpret, render, translaterestate (words) from one language into another language paraphrase, rephrase, rewordexpress the same message in different words bring out, issue, publish, put out, releaseprepare and issue for public distribution or sale broadcast, circularise, circularize, circulate, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, distribute, pass around, propagate, spreadcause to become widely known air, beam, broadcast, send, transmitbroadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television resume, sum up, summarise, summarizegive a summary (of) cite, quoterepeat a passage from revealdisclose directly or through prophets inform impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to 4v inform positively and with certainty and confidence I tell you that man is a crook! Syn|Hyper assure affirm, assert, aver, avow, swan, swear, verify to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true 5v give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority The mother told the child to get dressed Syn|Hypo|Hyper enjoin, order, say direct command with authority instructgive instructions or directions for some task command, requiremake someone do something call, send fororder, request, or command to come warnask to go away chargeinstruct or command with authority chargeinstruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence burden, charge, saddleimpose a task upon, assign a responsibility to requisitionmake a formal request for official services cite, summon, summonscall in an official matter, such as to attend court beepcall, summon, or alert with a beeper call back, recallsummon to return call insummon to a particular activity or employment liftcall to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs mustercall to duty, military service, jury duty, etc. disallow, forbid, interdict, nix, prohibit, proscribe, vetocommand against hailcall for summonask to come stetprinting: direct that a matter marked for omission or correction is to be retained (used in the imperative) call up, mobilise, mobilize, rallycall to arms; of military personnel request ask (a person) to do something 6v give evidence 2he was telling on all his former colleague Syn|Hyper evidence inform act as an informer v discern or comprehend 3He could tell that she was unhappy Hyper guess, infer guess correctly; solve by guessing v mark as different Syn|Hypo|Hyper differentiate, distinguish, secern, secernate, separate, severalise, severalize, tell apart know be able to distinguish, recognize as being different discriminate, know apartrecognize or perceive the difference labeldistinguish (an element or atom) by using a radioactive isotope or an isotope of unusual mass for tracing through chemical reactions labeldistinguish (as a compound or molecule) by introducing a labeled atom sextell the sex (of young chickens) individualise, individualizemake or mark or treat as individual contrastput in opposition to show or emphasize differences severalise, severalizedistinguish or separate contradistinguishdistinguish by contrasting qualities decouple, dissociateregard as unconnected demarcateseparate clearly, as if by boundaries discriminate, separate, single outtreat differently on the basis of sex or race stratifydivide society into social classes or castes insulate, isolateplace or set apart subtilizemark fine distinctions and subtleties, as among words hive offremove from a group and make separate segregateseparate by race or religion; practice a policy of racial segregation redlinediscriminate in selling or renting housing in certain areas of a neighborhood disadvantage, disfavor, disfavourput at a disadvantage; hinder, harm identify, place recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something Tell (once / 217 pages) n WORD FAMILY Tell: Tells, Told USAGE EXAMPLESTell him you were upset your children were prevented from meeting their cousin and ask him to forgive you for your pettiness. Washington Post(Dec 22, 2016) “Tell him we want the truth — or he hasn’t got the job.” New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) This will be the first child for Conrad and her 36-year-old musician husband, William Tell. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) n a Swiss patriot who lived in the early 14th century and who was renowned for his skill as an archer; according to legend an Austrian governor compelled him to shoot an apple from his son's head with his crossbow (which he did successfully without mishap) Syn|Exp William Tell archer, bowman a person who is expert in the use of a bow and arrow |
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