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telling单词基本解析：

adj.有效的; 显著的; 生动的; 说明问题的v.讲述( tell的现在分词); 告诉
adj.有效的,显著的 动词tell的现在分词形式
adj.有效的；显著的；生动的；说明问题的

telling变化用词：

复数:tellings;副词:tellingly;
副词: tellingly |
复数：tellings

telling英英释义：

Noun

1. an act of narration;

"he was the hero according to his own relation"

"his endless recounting of the incident eventually became unbearable"

2. informing by words

3. disclosing information or giving evidence about another

名词 telling:

an act of narration

同义词：relation, recounting

informing by words

同义词：apprisal, notification

disclosing information or giving evidence about another

同义词：tattle, singing

动词 tell:

express in words

同义词：state, say, tell

let something be known

同义词：tell

narrate or give a detailed account of

同义词：tell, narrate, recount, recite

give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority

同义词：order, tell, enjoin, say

discern or comprehend

同义词：tell

inform positively and with certainty and confidence

同义词：assure, tell

give evidence

同义词：tell, evidence

mark as different

同义词：distinguish, separate, differentiate, secern, secernate, severalize, severalise, tell, tell apart

形容词 telling:

disclosing unintentionally

同义词：revealing, telltale

powerfully persuasive

同义词：cogent, weighty

producing a strong effect

同义词：impressive

telling[ 'teliŋ ]n.an act of narration

同义词：relationrecounting

informing by words

同义词：apprisalnotification

disclosing information or giving evidence about another

同义词：tattlesinging

adj.disclosing unintentionally

"a telling smile"

同义词：revealingtelltale(a)

powerfully persuasive

"a telling presentation"

同义词：cogentweighty

producing a strong effect

"a telling gesture"

同义词：impressive

telling中文词源：

telling用法和例句：

a telling argument

有力的论据

The number of homeless people is a telling comment on the state of society.

无家可归者的数量是社会状况的生动写照。

Herbert sat quietly through the telling of this saga...

在聆听这个长篇传奇故事时，赫伯特自始至终安静地坐着。

These stories grow in the telling.

这些故事越讲越精彩。

It was her expression that was the most telling...

她的面部表情最能反映她的真实想法。

How a man shaves may be a telling clue to his age.

看一个男人怎么刮胡子或许就能猜出他的年龄。

He spoke reasonably, carefully, and with telling effect...

他说起话来合乎情理，措辞谨慎，而且说服力强。

The most telling condemnation of the system was that it failed to fulfil its function.

对这一制度最有力的谴责是它没能发挥其应有的作用。

There's no telling how long the talks could drag on...

谁也说不准谈判还会拖多久。

There's no telling what diseases a person can get.

无法预知人会得什么病。

What do you like to do in your spare time?

空闲时你喜欢干什么?

辞典例句

If she said that, she was telling a real whopper.

要是她那么说的, 她就是说了个大瞎话.

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There is no telling.

难说;不知道.

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Pierre told them some things he later regretted telling.

皮埃尔告诉了他们一些事,他后来感到后悔.

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There was this running gag about a penguin ( = they kept telling penguin jokes ).

人们不断讲关于一只企鹅的笑话.

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Telling the story was a flagrant breach of trust.

说谎是一种可耻的破坏信誉的行为.

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I couldn't resist telling him the secret.

我忍不住把那个秘密告诉了他.

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We can't count on him telling the truth.

我们不能指望他说实话.

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She scanned his face to see if he was telling the truth.

她审视着他的脸,看他讲的是否是真话.

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He is always telling, never doing.

他总是说而不做.

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The children all sat quietly listening to the teacher telling stories.

孩子们都乖乖儿地坐着听老师讲故事.

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Mary has been telling me a thing or two about the Russians.

玛丽告诉我不少关于俄国人的事.

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She omitted telling the teacher about it.

她忘了把那件事告诉老师.

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Don't think you can get away with telling lies.

不要以为你撒了谎就可以这样算了.

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He is always telling a lie.

他总是说谎.

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Stop telling fibs .

别再撒谎了。

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Do you think she's telling the truth ?

你认为她在讲实话吗？

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telling

Children and fools tell the truth.

[谚]孩子和傻子，口中无诈语。

Tell me what he said, word for word.

一字不错地把他的话告诉我。

It's impossible to tell who will win the next election.

下届选举谁能获胜无法预知。

There was no telling what the next assignment would be.

不晓得下一个任务将是什么。

To go away without telling your father is most irregular.

不跟你父亲打个招呼就走是非常不合适的。

The host tell a joke to his guest to break the ice.

主人为了打破僵局，给客人讲了个笑话。

Please tell me instantly he arrives.

他一到就请告诉我。

He funked telling her he had lost his job.

他不敢告诉她自己已经失业了。

He is afraid to tell them the unpalatable truths. He is a dumb dog.

他不敢把令人不快的真情告诉他们。他是条哑吧狗。

They pledged never to tell the secret.

他们发誓决不泄密。

Did they tell you when to start out?

他们告没告诉你什么时候出发？

They sat drinking and telling dirty stories.

他们坐在那里，边喝酒边讲下流故事。

They tried to bludgeon me into telling them, but I refused.

他们尽力迫使我告诉他们，但我拒绝了。

He led off the conversation by telling us a story of his personal experience.

他先给我们讲了一个亲身经历的故事，这样大家就谈了起来。

He just hopped off without telling us he was going.

他匆匆走了，也没告诉我一声。

He just hopped off without telling us be was going.

他匆匆走了，也没告诉我们一声。

He clenched his teeth and refused to tell anything.

他咬紧牙关，什么也不肯说。

He is given to telling fantastic stories about his travels in Asia.

他喜欢告诉我们他在亚洲旅游的新奇经历。

He was on oath to tell all he saw.

他已宣誓要把所看到的一切都讲来出。

He capped my story by telling a better one.

他把我讲的故事加以改进，讲出一个更好的故事。

His unselfish work is beginning to tell.

他无私的工作开始产生效果。

He's a deaf mute and cannot tell anyone secret.

他是个聋哑人，不会把他们的秘密告诉任何人。

He ended off his speech by telling a very funny joke.

他最後讲了一个非常滑稽的笑话结束了讲话。

His mother tell him not to talk to the scamp on the street.

他母亲叫他不要跟街上的流氓说话。

He's in no mood for (telling) jokes/to tell jokes.

他没心情说笑话。

It's curious that he didn't tell you.

他没有告诉你，实在反常。

He didn't tell me the rendezvous.

他没有告诉我约会时间与地点。

He had the audacity to tell me I was too fat.

他竟然胆敢对我说我太肥胖。

He wanted to tell the news to the world.

他要把这件事告诉每一个人。

He said he would rather not tell his age.

他说他还是不告诉我年龄为好。

He is wary of telling secrets to others.

他谨防向他人泄露秘密。

His indirect way of telling me to leave annoyed me.

他那种不直截了当地让我离开的方式激怒了我。

I'll tell you more about the use of tenses in English later on.

以后我会告诉你们更多关于英语时态的用法。

You may just as well tell me the truth.

你不妨把真相告诉我吧。

Don't you dare tell about the hiding place?

你不敢把这个藏匿处说出来吗？

Don't demean yourself by telling such obvious lies.

你不要用这种明显的谎言自贬人格。

You might as well tell her the truth.

你倒不如把真相告诉她。

You must on no condition tell him what happened.

你决不能把发生的事情告诉他。

Why on earth didn't you tell me the truth?

你到底为什么不跟我说实话？

You must give ear to what the parents tell you.

你务须听从父母的话。

You have only to ask and he'll tell you.

你只要问他，他就会告诉你。

Tell you what; why don't we have a picnic this afternoon?

你听我说，今天下午我们为什么不搞一次野餐呢？

It was spiteful of you to tell him that.

你告诉他那件事是怀有恶意的。

Sit yourself down and tell us what happened.

你坐下，告诉我们怎么回事。

You can tell it's silk by the feel.

你摸摸就知道是绸缎。

Do you have a catalog or something that tell me about your company?

你有没有产品目录或者向我们介绍贵公司的材料？

Can you keep a secret? All right I'll tell you.

你能保守秘密吗？那我就告诉你。

Can you tell me how iron is made in the first period?

你能否告诉我在第一时期人们是怎样炼铁的？

Can you tell me the nearest way to the railway station?

你能告诉我去火车站最近的路吗？

Can you tell me the way to the railway station?

你能告诉我往火车站的路怎么走吗？

Can you tell me how to make these ink stains come out?

你能告诉我怎么除去这些墨水渍吗？

Can you tell me who invented the telephone?

你能告诉我是谁发明了电话？

Can you tell me which instrument to use for the experiment?

你能告诉我用哪台仪器做这试验吗？

Can you tell me how this compare to that?

你能告诉我这个和那个比较起来如何？

Could you tell me the retail prices of these shoes?

你能告诉我这些鞋子的零售价吗？

You debase yourself by telling such lies.

你说这些谎话就降低了身份。

Are you insinuating that I'm not telling the truth?

你这是意味着我没讲真话吗？

Take a smell at this fish and tell me whether it's fresh.

你闻一闻这条鱼，看看新鲜不新鲜。

I'll tell you the rest in camera.

其余的我将私下告诉你。

The next best thing would be to tell him the truth.

其次，最好的办法就是把真相告诉他们。

For two pins I'd tell him what I think of him.

再有个风吹草动，我就把对他的看法挑明了。

Don't prolong the agony just tell us the result!

别再让我们著急了--快告诉我们结果吧！

Do not gum up the work by telling mother what we are going to do.

别告诉母亲我们要干的事，那会把事情搞糟的。

Never tell him a secret; he's got a loose tongue.

别把秘密告诉他，他的嘴不严。

She cannot be relied on to tell the truth.

别指望她能说真话。

Stop telling such silly fibs.

别说这种傻乎乎的谎话了。

It's just like her to tell everyone about it.

只有她才会把那件事见谁就告诉谁。

Only time will tell if you are right.

只有时间才能证明你是否正确。

Just tell us the facts and don't elaborate on them.

只要告诉我们事实，不必详细说明。

Tell him to keep calm and not to crowd the mourners.

叫他保持冷静，不要操之过急。

Tell him to stay away from my sister!

叫他离我妹妹远点儿！

Tell that joker to stop using my parking space.

叫那个家伙不要占用我的停车场。

Tell the noisy boys to stay away.

叫那些吵闹的男孩子们走开。

Tell that child to stop pouting.

叫那孩子别撅嘴撒娇。

You can't tell that joke to her she's much too prim and proper.

可别给她讲那样的笑话--她这人过於古板和认真。

Jim was punished for telling too many tales.

吉姆因说谎话过多而受处罚。

It came out that he'd been telling a pack of lies.

后来才知道他一直在说谎。

Tell them they may look for me any day.

告诉他们我就在这几天到达。

Tell him to put a bridle on his tongue.

告诉他说话要谨慎。

Tell your mother you have arrived here without mishap.

告诉你母亲你已经平平安安到达这里。

用作形容词(adj.)

History is the most telling witness.
历史是最好的见证。

He made a very telling speech about their mistakes.
他就他们的错误作了有力的发言。

A more telling criticism is that he reduces ethics to interpersonal relationships.
一个更有力的批评是他把道德规范简化为人际关系。

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