tell v. “讲述，告诉，分辨，辨别 ”

单词变形： tells, telling, told

1、tell sb. sth. 告诉某人某事

Please tell me the reason.请告诉原因。

2、tell sb. (not) to do sth. 告诉某人（不要）做某事

Tell yourself not to give up. 告诉自己不要放弃。

3、tell sb. about sth.告诉某人关于某事

Please tell him about the news. 请告诉他这个消息。

4、tell a lie/lies说谎

Never tell lies. 永不说谎。

tell a story/stories讲故事

Mary is good at telling stories. 玛丽擅长讲故事。

tell a joke/jokes 讲笑话

He likes telling jokes. 他喜欢讲笑话。

5、tell the difference辨别不同

Can you tell the difference between these two wines?

你能辨别出这两种酒的不同吗？

6、tell the time报时

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

钟表出问题了，不能报时了。

7、tell the truth讲实话

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

实话告诉您，我不会讲英文。

8、tell apart辨别

The two things are very hard to tell apart.

这两样东西很难区别.