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

• The man says: You go up there and tell him off.
  男士回应说：你快上去斥责他。
• The kid was very cute, decked out in designer gear like the rest of his family, but sometimes incredibly hard not to discipline for example, he once spat in my face and I found I could do nothing to tell him off.
  小孩子非常可爱，跟家里其他人一样，全身上下也都是名牌；但有时候却很难管教比如，有一次他朝我脸上吐口水，而我却无能为力不好责罚他。
• Not only will I tell him off, but I'm going to give him his walking papers.
  我不仅要斥责他，而且我还要解雇他。
• She had the audacity to tell him off.
  她有胆量叫他走开。
• Even if they tell you off, it will be with basic good will.
  即使他们责备你，那也是带着基本的善意。
• Didn't she tell you she was off early today?
  她没告诉你吗？她今天早下班的。
• 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。
• 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。
• He never listened to us when we told him off
  我们教训他时，他从来不听。
• There are people who tell me off, he said in a phone interview. They say my writing is too vulgar.
  有人谴责我，他在接受电话采访时说，他们说我写的写作太粗俗。