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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• At the end of which they tell you to piss off?
  然后他们给你说，你滚吧？
• 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 old man like to tell off color joke.
  这老头爱开低级庸俗的玩笑。
• I am also bossy and happy to tell off teenage boys in the street when they are misbehaving.
  我还会专横而高兴地在街上斥责那些行为不端的十几岁男孩。
• 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。