关于tell的语法

tell sth to sb之类的

英语有许多习惯用法，尤其是口语，有些话看似简单，但照字面译往往令人茫然不解，以tell为例可举许多例子，表现的含义和语气各不相同：
1. tell me another.
我不信这件事。(不是“告诉我另一件”)
2. i'm telling you.
注意听我说(这是很重要的)。(译成“我在告诉你”毫无意义。)
3. don't tell me you don't know.
你还能不知道？我不信你会不知道。(不是“不要告诉我你不知道”。)
4. tell me, it was a misunderstanding.
这肯定是一场误会吧？(表示说话人不相信某事的心情，但愿这是场误会。)
5. you tell me, you love me.
你许愿你爱我。(如将tell译成“告诉”，意思会很滑稽。)
6. don't let him tell you that.
千万别信他。
7. he couldn't tell himself why he had kept up all the photos.
他自己也解释不清楚为什么一直保存着这些照片。(这里译成“告诉自己”讲不通。)
8. tell it to sweeny.
才没那样的事呢！(这里的sweeny源自英国作家george dib din pitt所著的一个剧本中专门谋杀顾客的理发师。)

tell sb to do sth告诉x人去做x事
tell sb sth告诉x人什么事

用作动词 (v.) 用作不及物动词S+～(+A) I can't tell. 用作及物动词S+～+ n./pron. Don't look till I tell you. S+～+wh-to- v The recipe tells how to make maple syrup dumplings. S+～+wh-clause No one could tell exactly what was going to happen. 用作双宾动词S+～+ pron./n. + n./pron. Tell me your address and telephone number, please. S+～+ n./pron. +to pron./n. He told the news to everybody in the village.