tell sb sth. 告诉某人某事
tell sb of/about sth. 向某人讲述某事/有关...的情况
例句:
Tell me your name, please! 请告诉我你的名字!
I told him my name. 我把名字告诉了他。
Tell me what happened. 告诉我发生了什么事。
Tell me about your family. 请给我讲一讲你的家庭情况。
(这句就不能说成:Tell me your family.)
Tell me about your father. 给我讲讲你父亲的情况。
(这句就不能说成:Tell me your father)
更多用法:
1、tell apart:区分,分清,区别,辨别
tell apart 做"区分,分清,区别,辨别"的意思的时候,固定用法为: tell sb./sth. apart,后面不能接事或者物。
The twin sister is so much alike that their parent can hardly tell them apart. 这对孪生姐妹长得太像了,他们的父母都几乎不能分清她们。
如果tell apart后面要接事或者物,可以用tell sb./sth. apart from sb./sth.
I couldn't tell apart him from his elder brother. 我没法分辨出他和他哥哥。
2、tell sb. off :责备,斥责,责骂,数说(某人的过错)

The leader tell me off today because of the mistake. 因为这个过失,我们的领导训斥我了。
If you do that, your teacher gonna tell you off.如果你这样做,你们老师会骂你的。
3、tell on :告发。
Promise not to tell on me, please, or Mother will tell me off. 答应我,拜托不要告发我,否则妈妈会骂我的。

4、I'm telling you:我敢说,我可以肯定地说
I'm telling you, the document about the requirement is an old version, you'd better double check it with our cusomer again. 我可以肯定地说(相信我),这份关于需求的文档是老的版本,你最好和我们的客户再确认一下。
5、you're telling me:我早就知道了
you're telling me, don't say it to me again. 我早就知道了,不要再说了.
6、tell me about it:可不是嘛,就是,你不讲我也知道的
tell me about it 如果理解成"和我谈谈某事"也无不可,但是tell me about it 有时候在特定的上下文中有表达"可不是嘛,就是,你不讲我也知道的"的意思。
A:The project's schedule is too tight, we have no too much buffers to the deadline. 这个项目工期太紧了,我们离截至日期没有太多时间上的缓冲。
B: Tell me about it, seems we have to work overtime this month. 可不是嘛, 看上去这个月我们必须加班工作了。
7、Don't tell me:我才不相信呢
Don't tell me可不是"不要告诉我"的意思,而是"我才不相信呢"。
Don't tell me, you just got C degree performance? 我才不相信你,你这次考评才得了个C等?
在英语口语中,"I don't buy it"也可以用来表示"我才不相信呢"的意思。
8、tell against sb.:证实对...不利
Her lack of communication still told against her.她缺乏沟通能力对她不利。
I'm sure that your age tells against you for this job.我肯定你的年龄不利于从事这项工作。
9、tell sb/sth from sb/sth:从..区分出...
Can you tell her from her twin sister?你能区分她和她的孪生妹妹嘛?
它还有两个衍生出的固定短语:
tell good from bad 区分好坏
tell right from wrong 分辨是非。
10、tell it like it is:讲真话,说实话
Stanley knew everything, he should tell it like it is.斯坦利知道一切, 他能说出真实情况。
11、all told:总计共计
all told 可不是"被告知"的意思,而是"总计共计"的意思。
例句:
There are 11 guys here, all told, so let's go. 总共11位伙伴到了,我们出发吧。
12、Do tell:不见得吧,真没想到,有这种事,我没想到
do tell不是"你说吧"的意思,而是表示"不见得吧,真没想到,有这种事,我没想到"等表示惊讶、不能致信的意思。
Do tell, Tom will resign? 不会吧, 汤姆要辞职?
13、hear tell of :听人谈起
From what I hear tell of Jimmy, he is a straightfoward guy.据我听说,吉米事一个直率的人。
tell和tellof区别 扩展
区别就是两者意思是不一样具体的不同如下
tell中文意思是v.
告诉;告知;提供(情况);说明;显示;讲述;说;表达;泄露(秘密);命令;知道;识别;产生效果,发生影响(尤指负面影响);
n.
[考古学](古代村落遗址堆积而成的)台形土墩;[方言]讲的话;谈话;传闻;
tellof中文意思是
告诉(某人)有关…的情况【信息】,谈及;
例句
She began to tell of her terrible experience during the flood.
她开始讲述她在洪水期间的可怕经历。