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“Yes. I was telling Sir Henry that it was rather late for him to see the true beauties of the moor.”“是啊，我正和亨利爵士说，他来得太晚了，已经看不到沼地的真正美丽之处了。”Conan Doyle, Arthur / The Hound of the Baskervilles柯南 道尔 / 巴斯克维尔猎犬巴斯克维尔猎犬柯南 道尔The Hound of the BaskervillesConan Doyle, Arthur© 1901, 1902 by A. Conan Doyle
Most telling in Russian eyes has been EU countries’ competition for oil and gas contracts, which has done much to convince the Kremlin that Europe is not a political force to be reckoned with.在俄国眼中最为明显的莫过于欧盟各国竞相争取石油和天然气合同，这就让克里姆林宫确信欧洲并不是一个值得重视的政治力量。© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 15.01.2011© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 15.01.2011
Had America really told others to bring in American banks to teach them about how to run their business?难道美国没有告诉其他国家让美国的银行进入它们的市场以便教它们如何经营它们的业务？© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 24.01.2011© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 24.01.2011
The psychology of the markets is dominated by the public images that we have in mind from day to day, and that form the basis of our imaginations and of the stories we tell each other.市场心理受到公众形象的控制。我们每天构想这些形象，并且它们构成我们的想像的基础以及聊天的材料。© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 13.01.2011© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 13.01.2011
You would have wished to tell me something, or in your kindness you would have brought me out some comfort or other, and so an unnecessary risk would be run.你势必要想来告诉我点什么，或者是好心好意地给我送些什么应用什物来，这样咱们就要冒不必要的风险了。Conan Doyle, Arthur / The Hound of the Baskervilles柯南 道尔 / 巴斯克维尔猎犬巴斯克维尔猎犬柯南 道尔The Hound of the BaskervillesConan Doyle, Arthur© 1901, 1902 by A. Conan Doyle
'Suppose we change the subject,' the March Hare interrupted, yawning. 'I'm getting tired of this. I vote the young lady tells us a story.'“我们换一个话题吧， ”三月兔打着哈欠打断了他们的谈话， “我听烦了， 建议让小姑娘讲个故事吧。”Carroll, Lewis / Alice's adventures in Wonderland卡罗尔 刘易斯 / 爱丽丝梦游仙境爱丽丝梦游仙境卡罗尔 刘易斯Alice's adventures in WonderlandCarroll, Lewis© 1901, by Harper & Brothers
'And what if I don' t choose to tell you?'“我要是不愿告诉你又怎么样呢？Lawrence, David Herbert / Lady Chatterley's Lover劳伦斯, 大卫 赫伯特 / 查太莱夫人的情人查太莱夫人的情人劳伦斯, 大卫 赫伯特Lady Chatterley's LoverLawrence, David Herbert© Wordsworth Editions Limited 2005
It is asking much of a wealthy man to come down and bury himself in a place of this kind, but I need not tell you that it means a very great deal to the countryside.要想使一位有钱的人屈尊埋没在这样一个地方，确实有点说不过去。可是，用不着我多说，这一点对乡鄙之地说来，确实是关系重大呢。Conan Doyle, Arthur / The Hound of the Baskervilles柯南 道尔 / 巴斯克维尔猎犬巴斯克维尔猎犬柯南 道尔The Hound of the BaskervillesConan Doyle, Arthur© 1901, 1902 by A. Conan Doyle
Mayhew concluded that it is rather difficult to tell whether derivative markets worsen financial-market volatility, because their creation tends to come when existing financial markets already are more volatile, or can be predicted to become so.梅休的结论是：确定衍生品市场是否加剧了金融市场的动荡非常困难，因为金融衍生品市场本身就是在现有金融市场波动加剧、或预计有可能波动加剧的情况下才得以创立。© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 26.01.2011© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 26.01.2011
About Mr Mellors, I don' t know how much Sir Clifford told you.关于梅乐士先生的事， 我不晓得克利福男爵对你说了多少。Lawrence, David Herbert / Lady Chatterley's Lover劳伦斯, 大卫 赫伯特 / 查太莱夫人的情人查太莱夫人的情人劳伦斯, 大卫 赫伯特Lady Chatterley's LoverLawrence, David Herbert© Wordsworth Editions Limited 2005
“I presume, Doctor, that you could tell the skull of a negro from that of an Esquimau?”“我想，医生，您能区别黑人和爱斯基摩人的头骨吧？”Conan Doyle, Arthur / The Hound of the Baskervilles柯南 道尔 / 巴斯克维尔猎犬巴斯克维尔猎犬柯南 道尔The Hound of the BaskervillesConan Doyle, Arthur© 1901, 1902 by A. Conan Doyle
So I reasoned with myself in the morning, and I tell you the direction of my suspicions, however much the result may have shown that they were unfounded.因此到了早晨我自己就细加推敲起来，尽管结果也许证明这种怀疑是毫无根据的，现在我还是把所怀疑的各点都告诉你吧。Conan Doyle, Arthur / The Hound of the Baskervilles柯南 道尔 / 巴斯克维尔猎犬巴斯克维尔猎犬柯南 道尔The Hound of the BaskervillesConan Doyle, Arthur© 1901, 1902 by A. Conan Doyle
“I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-plated coffee-pot in front of me,” said he. “But, tell me, Watson, what do you make of our visitor's stick?“至少我的眼前放着一把擦得很亮的镀银咖啡壶。”他说，“可是，华生，告诉我，你对咱们这位客人的手杖怎样看呢？Conan Doyle, Arthur / The Hound of the Baskervilles柯南 道尔 / 巴斯克维尔猎犬巴斯克维尔猎犬柯南 道尔The Hound of the BaskervillesConan Doyle, Arthur© 1901, 1902 by A. Conan Doyle
Gore told the world in his Academy Award-winning movie (recently labeled “one-sided” and containing “scientific errors” by a British judge) to expect 20-foot sea-level rises over this century.戈尔在他赢得奥斯卡奖的电影（这部电影最近被一位英国法官认定为是“片面”和包含“科学谬误”的）里告诉世界说在本世纪海平面将会上升20英尺。© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 11.01.2011© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 11.01.2011
In 1919, John Maynard Keynes told the statesmen of post-World War I Europe to abandon their vindictive patriotism for the sake of building a future of peace based on European integration.1919年，约翰·梅纳德·凯恩斯建议一战后欧洲的政治家们摒弃复仇式的爱国主义，通过欧洲一体化来缔造将来的和平环境。Ben-Ami, Shlomo沙洛姆 本阿米n-Ami, ShlomoBen-Ami, Shlom© Project Syndicate 1995 - 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 4/17/2011
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tell a story
说谎
Word forms
tell
verb
| Basic forms | |
|---|---|
| Past | told |
| Imperative | tell |
| Present Participle (Participle I) | telling |
| Past Participle (Participle II) | told |
| Present Indefinite, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I tell | we tell |
| you tell | you tell |
| he/she/it tells | they tell |
| Present Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I am telling | we are telling |
| you are telling | you are telling |
| he/she/it is telling | they are telling |
| Present Perfect, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I have told | we have told |
| you have told | you have told |
| he/she/it has told | they have told |
| Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I have been telling | we have been telling |
| you have been telling | you have been telling |
| he/she/it has been telling | they have been telling |
| Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I told | we told |
| you told | you told |
| he/she/it told | they told |
| Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I was telling | we were telling |
| you were telling | you were telling |
| he/she/it was telling | they were telling |
| Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I had told | we had told |
| you had told | you had told |
| he/she/it had told | they had told |
| Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I had been telling | we had been telling |
| you had been telling | you had been telling |
| he/she/it had been telling | they had been telling |
| Future Indefinite, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will tell | we shall/will tell |
| you will tell | you will tell |
| he/she/it will tell | they will tell |
| Future Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will be telling | we shall/will be telling |
| you will be telling | you will be telling |
| he/she/it will be telling | they will be telling |
| Future Perfect, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will have told | we shall/will have told |
| you will have told | you will have told |
| he/she/it will have told | they will have told |
| Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will have been telling | we shall/will have been telling |
| you will have been telling | you will have been telling |
| he/she/it will have been telling | they will have been telling |
| Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I should/would tell | we should/would tell |
| you would tell | you would tell |
| he/she/it would tell | they would tell |
| Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I should/would be telling | we should/would be telling |
| you would be telling | you would be telling |
| he/she/it would be telling | they would be telling |
| Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I should/would have told | we should/would have told |
| you would have told | you would have told |
| he/she/it would have told | they would have told |
| Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I should/would have been telling | we should/would have been telling |
| you would have been telling | you would have been telling |
| he/she/it would have been telling | they would have been telling |
| Present Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I am told | we are told |
| you are told | you are told |
| he/she/it is told | they are told |
| Present Continuous, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I am being told | we are being told |
| you are being told | you are being told |
| he/she/it is being told | they are being told |
| Present Perfect, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I have been told | we have been told |
| you have been told | you have been told |
| he/she/it has been told | they have been told |
| Past Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I was told | we were told |
| you were told | you were told |
| he/she/it was told | they were told |
| Past Continuous, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I was being told | we were being told |
| you were being told | you were being told |
| he/she/it was being told | they were being told |
| Past Perfect, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I had been told | we had been told |
| you had been told | you had been told |
| he/she/it had been told | they had been told |
| Future Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will be told | we shall/will be told |
| you will be told | you will be told |
| he/she/it will be told | they will be told |
| Future Perfect, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will have been told | we shall/will have been told |
| you will have been told | you will have been told |
| he/she/it will have been told | they will have been told |
telling
noun
| Singular | Plural | |
| Common case | telling | *tellings |
| Possessive case | telling's | *tellings' |