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

• My boyfriend likes to argue. I finally have to tell him off and keep him away from me for days.
  我的男朋友真喜欢辩论。最后我只好叫他住嘴，几天内别来找我。
• 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。
• 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？
• The man says: You go up there and tell him off.
  男士回应说：你快上去斥责他。
• 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。
• He never listened to us when we told him off
  我们教训他时，他从来不听。
• The old man like to tell off color joke.
  这老头爱开低级庸俗的玩笑。
• There are people who tell me off, he said in a phone interview. They say my writing is too vulgar.
  有人谴责我，他在接受电话采访时说，他们说我写的写作太粗俗。
• She had the audacity to tell him off.
  她有胆量叫他走开。
• 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”。