tell on

短语

告发; 产生(坏的)影响

词形变化

telling on tells on 三单 tells on told on telling on 现在分词 told on 过去式 told on 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To inform on, to rat out; to tell a person in authority that someone else has done something wrong.

    My sister told on me when I didn't go to school.

  2. 2.

    To cause visible strain to.

    Years of drinking started to tell on his body.

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