tell off

英 [tel ɒf]

美 [tel ɔːf]

斥责; 训斥; 训诫

柯林斯词典

verb

And you have the balls to tell me it's off?
你却告诉我我们结束了？
Didn't she tell you she was off early today?
她没告诉你吗？她今天早下班的。
The old man like to tell off color joke.
这老头爱开低级庸俗的玩笑。
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。
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。
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。
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。
He never listened to us when we told him off
我们教训他时，他从来不听。
I can't tell you the answer off the topof my head.
我不经考虑无法告诉你答案。
My boyfriend likes to argue. I finally have to tell him off and keep him away from me for days.
我的男朋友真喜欢辩论。最后我只好叫他住嘴，几天内别来找我。