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单词 tell off
释义 tell off
transitive verb
1. : to number and set apart; especially : to detail for special duty : count off : assign
 < told off a detail and put them to opening a trench — J.F.Dobie >
 < men were told off for household duties — American Guide Series: Michigan >
 < trains told off for the use of British soldiers — Robert Keable >
 < told off to make a speech — A.P.Herbert >
2. : to reprove severely : denounce, reprimand, scold
 < when she increases her nagging, I lose patience and tell her off quite brutally — Rex Ingamells >
 < his growing disgust boils over, he tells off the boss — Hobe Morrison >
 < in a mood to be told off, and they embraced most warmly the writers who scolded hardest — J.H.Jackson >
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