她談了談林達的情況,林達對她非常好。
He told about Mrs.Emily, who was kind and charitable.

他講了艾米莉夫人的事,她既善良又寬厚。
He told about his plans.

他談到他的計劃。
I don't want to tell about my failure.

我不想講我的失敗。
His face tells about his honesty.

他的表情可以說明他的誠實。 tell sb/sth about sb/oneself/sth/v-ing
Then briefly she told us about herself.

于是她簡單地給我們談了談她的情況。
Can you tell me about that?

你能把那個故事講給我聽嗎?
I'll tell you about it later.

這事我以后再告訴你。
I told Brosin about that the other night.

前些天一個晚上我給布羅辛談了這件事。
Can you tell me about a way to prevent milk from turning sour in hot weather?

你能告訴我熱天防止牛奶變酸的方法嗎?
Has she told you about leaving China for home?

她跟你談了離開中國回國的事了嗎?

在調查中新發現了一件對他不利的事實。
Her poor eyesight is bound to tell against her applying for a job.

她視力不好,必然不利于她找工作。

這兩兄弟長得太像了,連他們的母親幾乎都不能區分他們。

你能將她和她的孿生姐妹分開嗎?
How can we tell the good from the bad?

我們怎么能區分好壞?
He is a fellow who can't tell right from wrong.

他是個分不清是非的人。

我現在講的是很久以前的故事。
He also told of the intimate friendship he had formed with the Burudi people.

他還講到了他和布隆迪人民結下的親密友誼。
They told of the excellent situation prevailing in their province.

他們談了談他們省的大好形勢。
The book tells of her sister's life in new China.

這書談到了她妹妹在新中國的生活情況。
Her blush told of her embarrassment.

她臉紅顯露出她的困窘。
The calculating look in his eyes told of Norman blood.

他那工于心計的眼神顯示出他有諾曼人的血統。 tell sb of sth
She told us of the difficulties she had met with in her work.

她給我們談了談她在工作中碰到的困難。
She told me of what she had been reading and her plan for the next term.

她給我講了一下她這段時間看的書和她下學期的計劃。
We must tell them of our decision.

我們應當把我們的決定告訴他們。

布萊克先生一怒之下責罵了上司。
Some of them have assumed arrogant airs and become fond of telling people off.

他們有些人架子大了,變得喜歡訓人了。
Mum told me off for wearing my best shoes for playing football.

媽媽責罵我穿著最好的鞋子去踢足球。
The conductor told the school boys off for the throwing litter on the floor of the bus.

公共汽車司乘員訓斥了那些在車內亂扔果皮紙屑的小學生。
The director told him off for being late for work again.

主任責備他上班又遲到了。
The little boy's mother told him off for being naughty.

小男孩的母親因為他淘氣把他罵了一頓。
He didn't like being told off for something he hadn't done.

他不愿因自己根本未做過的事而受申斥。
He was told off for being careless.

他因粗心大意挨說了。 tell sb ? off
We were told off for special duty.

我們被派去執行特殊任務。
They were told off to clean the latrines.

他們被逐一派去掃廁所。

一個正直的人應該當面講出別人的缺點,而不應在背后議論。