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

• She had the audacity to tell him off.
  她有胆量叫他走开。
• Patty: I think I will just tell him off. I'm going to burn my bridges, but at least I'll feel much better.
  佩蒂：我想我只会训他一顿。虽然我会把自己搞得无路可退，但至少我会好过一点。
• And you have the balls to tell me it's off?
  你却告诉我我们结束了？
• 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。
• The farmers used a special system of counting to tell off their sheep.
  农民们使用一种特殊的计数方法清点羊的头数。
• I'm always being told off for being so awkward
  我笨手笨脚的，总挨训。
• 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。
• 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。
• He never listened to us when we told him off
  我们教训他时，他从来不听。
• Won't you tell your dad get off my back?
  你能让你爸爸别对我不依不饶么？