第三人称复数：tellings
形容词有效的; 显著的; 生动的; 说明问题的
动词告诉; 讲述( tell的现在分词)
形容词
1. History is the most telling witness.
历史是最有力的见证人。
名词
1. There is no telling.
难说；不知道。
telling的意思
怀疑
A：Do you think he’s serious?
你认为他是当真的吗？
B：I don’t think he is telling the truth.
我认为他没说真话。
出入境
A：Would you mind telling me the purpose of your visit to the U.K.?
请告诉我你到英国来的目的，好码？
B：I am here to study at a university.
我是到大学读书的。
A：May I see your passport?
我可以看看你的护照吗？
B：Of course, here you are.
当然可以，请看。
A：Would you please open the suitcase? What are these?
请把箱子打开。这是什么？
B：They are Chinese medicine. Some pills only.
中药。只是一些药丸。
A：Are they gifts for friends?
是给朋友的礼物吗？
B：Oh, no. They are for my own use.
哦，不，是自己用的。
A：Could you tell me the ingredients?
你能告诉我药丸的成分吗?
B：They are made of herbs.
他们是草药做的。
More Two - word Verbs-(又一些成语动词)
A：I hadn't finished telling you about two-word verbs, Bob.
鲍勃，关于成语动词，我还没有对你讲完。
B：Do I have to hear more? I'm not sure I can follow it.
我还需要听你讲吗？我不知道是否能理解。
A：Sure you can. This part is the most interesting.
你当然能理解。这一部分是最有意思的。
B：Okay. Go ahead.
好，说吧。
A：Well, here are sentences with two-word verbs with objects, They all mean different things.
嗯，下列这些句子里的成语动词有宾语，这些句子的意思都不相同。
B：Can you explain how they're different?
你能否解释一下怎么不同？
A：Each part or both parts of the two-word verb can have an object.The verb may have different meanings with different objects, or different arrangements of object.Is that clear? You look confused.
成语动词的每个部分或两个部分可以有一个宾语。动词加上不同的宾语或宾语的不同组合，就可以有不同的含意。清楚了吗？你好像弄糊涂了。
B：I'm not confused, I was just thinking.
我没有糊涂。我只是在思考。
1. 有效的, 明显的, 生动的：environmental psychology 环境心理学 | telling 有效的, 明显的, 生动的 | flophouse 廉价的低级住所或旅馆 [俗]监狱
2. 有效的：tear 猛冲 | telling 有效的 | untold 数不清的(不是不能说的)
3. 显著地：Uncomfortable: 不舒适的 | Telling: 显著地 | Distinguish: 区别
1. 讲述;叙述;报道
The telling of a story or of something that has happened is the reporting of it to other people.
e.g. Herbert sat quietly through the telling of this saga...
在聆听这个长篇传奇故事时，赫伯特自始至终安静地坐着。
e.g. These stories grow in the telling.
这些故事越讲越精彩。
2. 反映本性的;显露真实情况的
If something is telling, it shows the true nature of a person or situation.
e.g. It was her expression that was the most telling...
她的面部表情最能反映她的真实想法。
e.g. How a man shaves may be a telling clue to his age.
看一个男人怎么刮胡子或许就能猜出他的年龄。
3. (论点、批评)强有力的，有说服力的
A telling argument or criticism is a very effective one.
e.g. He spoke reasonably, carefully, and with telling effect...
他说起话来合乎情理，措辞谨慎，而且说服力强。
e.g. The most telling condemnation of the system was that it failed to fulfil its function.
对这一制度最有力的谴责是它没能发挥其应有的作用。
4. 无法预料;谁也不清楚;谁也说不准
You use there's no telling to introduce a statement when you want to say that it is impossible to know what will happen in a situation.
e.g. There's no telling how long the talks could drag on...
谁也说不准谈判还会拖多久。
e.g. There's no telling what diseases a person can get.
无法预知人会得什么病。
1. The police rushed to the boy's house, learning the truth and telling the boy that he should finish his homework by himself.
2. Actress Charlize Theron has revealed that her modelling career was hampered by the fashion industry telling her to lose weight.
3. It is telling people that they really cannot afford to wait when others say they still can.
4. telling的翻译
4. " I am the only person capable of telling this one, " Parga says proudly.
5. Telling these children not to work so hard and enjoy a more carefree childhood is telling them to give up their dreams.
6. It's as if the costumer is telling us Catherine is both a heroine and a villain.
7. Perhaps the artist needs a vision of the big tableau and at the same time an acute eye for the snapshots and telling moments.
8. There was of course a very telling contribution by a Beijing digital media company called Crystal CG International.
9. Chandler enjoyed telling people afterward that Clooney's representative didn't want any change.
10. Radio story telling is still popular here and you may hear your cabbie listening to a chapter from Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
noun
1. telling的翻译
1. disclosing information or giving evidence about another
2. informing by words
Synonym: apprisal notification
3. an act of narration
e.g. he was the hero according to his own relation
his endless recounting of the incident eventually became unbearable
Synonym: relation recounting
adj
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1. producing a strong effect
e.g. gave an impressive performance as Othello
a telling gesture
Synonym: impressive
2. disclosing unintentionally
e.g. a telling smile
a telltale panel of lights
a telltale patch of oil on the water marked where the boat went down
Synonym: revealing telltale(a)
3. powerfully persuasive
e.g. a cogent argument
a telling presentation
a weighty argument