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单词 telling
释义 telling
adjective
Etymology: from present participle of tell
1. : producing a marked effect : effective, impressive, striking
 < a telling attack, made with skill and shrewd insight — V.L.Parrington >
 < delivered telling blows in the interests of toleration and freedom — M.R.Cohen >
 < describes in her deft and telling phrases the teacher-town relationship — E.A.Weeks >
 < paragraphs, packed with telling detail — Benjamin Farrington >
 < a telling piece of satire — A.L.Vogelback >
 < advocated with telling effect better measures for the equipment of the soldiers — C.A.Duniway >
 < he made a telling picture standing alert — John Muir †1914 >
2. : revealing, expressive
 < many of the most telling pages in her story — E.K.Brown >
 < a telling study of the corrosive effects of snobbery and ostracism on the human spirit — Paul Pickrel >
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