tell學測 L1KK [ˈtɛl] ｜ /ˈtɛl/
講述；敘述·告訴；告知·命令；吩咐·看得出；辨別
常考動詞，句型錯誤率高
Grandpa can always tell great stories, and I can tell when he is happy.
爺爺總是很會說故事，而且我看得出他什麼時候心情好。
一個畫面：把心裡知道的事說出來或看出來
說出來用話語把事情告訴對方
下命令要求對方做某件事
看得出從線索認出真相
義項
開口說故事A1verb講述；敘述
Grandpa often tells us stories about his life when he was young.
爺爺常常跟我們說他年輕時候的故事。
tell a storytell a joke
告訴消息A1verb告訴；告知
She called her friend to tell him about the party tonight.
她打電話告訴朋友今晚有派對的事。
tell the truthtell a lie
命令的口氣A1verb命令；吩咐
The teacher told the students to stop talking.
老師叫學生們不要再說話了。
tell people what to do
看出真相A1verb看得出；辨別
I could tell from her voice that she was sad.
我從她的聲音就聽得出她很難過。
tell the difference
片語
tell apart拆開看 →看出彼此不同
tell the time看時鐘 →看懂時鐘、報時間
tell on打小報告 →跟大人告狀
你會不會這樣說？
「跟他說」英文是 tell to him，還是 tell him？
看答案
tell him
tell 後面接人不加 to，例如 tell her。
「我看不出兩者的差別」用 tell 怎麼說？
看答案
I can't tell the difference.
tell the difference 是常見片語，指分辨出不同。
字族
told tell 的過去式和過去分詞・storyteller 說故事的人