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

• Tomorrow I'll go back to tell him off: I'll make his ears burn for a week!
  明天，我得去骂他，我得让他一个礼拜都感到害臊。
• 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。
• He'll tell you to get off.
  那他会让你下车的。
• If you see anyone hanging aroundhere tell them to hop off.
  如果你看到有人在这儿闲荡，就叫他们走开。
• 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。
• The man says: You go up there and tell him off.
  男士回应说：你快上去斥责他。
• 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”。
• I'd go to the kitchen to get breakfast, and he'd be waiting to tell me off.
  我去厨房做早餐，他会等在那数落我。
• 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。
• And you have the balls to tell me it's off?
  你却告诉我我们结束了？