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tales /teɪlz/► SEE ALLtell tales (about sb/sth)tell tales out of school●tell ˈtales (about sb/sth) (BrE) tell sb, especially sb in authority, that another person has done something wrong (尤指向当权者)打小报告,揭人短处◆How did the boss know that I was late for work this morning? I think somebody’s been telling tales about me.老板怎么知道我今天早上迟到了?我想肯定有人打我的小报告了。●tell ˌtales out of ˈschooltalk about the private affairs of a group or an organization to people who do not belong to it (向团体或组织以外的人)泄密,暴露隐情◆I shouldn’t tell tales out of school, but my company is in serious trouble.我不应该泄露公司的机密,但是我们公司确实遇到了严重困难。 |