tell off

英 [tel ɒf]

美 [tel ɔːf]

斥责; 训斥; 训诫

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 斥责;训斥;训诫
  If youtellsomeoneoff, you speak to them angrily or seriously because they have done something wrong.
  1. He never listened to us when we told him off...
     我们教训他时，他从来不听。
  2. I'm always being told off for being so awkward...
     我笨手笨脚的，总挨训。
  3. Dutch police told off two of the gang, aged 10 and 11.
     荷兰警方对一帮小混混中的两个人进行了训诫，他们一个 10 岁，另一个 11 岁。

英英释义

verb

• reprimand
  1. She told the misbehaving student off
  Synonym:brush down

双语例句

• I am also bossy and happy to tell off teenage boys in the street when they are misbehaving.
  我还会专横而高兴地在街上斥责那些行为不端的十几岁男孩。
• And you have the balls to tell me it's off?
  你却告诉我我们结束了？
• Even if they tell you off, it will be with basic good will.
  即使他们责备你，那也是带着基本的善意。
• Won't you tell your dad get off my back?
  你能让你爸爸别对我不依不饶么？
• All right, look. I'm gonna call her and tell her to back off.
  那好吧，我会给她打电话叫她别来烦你。
• Didn't I tell you to turn off the TV if you're not watching it?
  我没告诉你如果不看电视的话就关掉吗？
• It was perhaps rude of him to tell you to push off when you hadn't yet finished talking.
  你还没有谈完，他就叫你走，那可以说是很不礼貌的。
• At worst, all she can do is tell you off for being late.
  充其量，她能做的不过是责备你迟到了而已。
• And if you wanted to tell someone off in Spanish our relatively obvious "go fly a kite" would be better served by the phrase "go fry asparagus".
  如果你想用西班牙语指责某人“放空头支票”，那么最好是用“gofryasparagus”，而不是相对较直白地说“goflyakite”。
• A: If Maggie's late, I'm going to tell her off.
  如果玛姬迟到的话，我要骂骂她。