表明，显示：作为某事的证据；指示某事存在。
描述，叙述：揭示某事的细节；使某事的详情为人所知。
告知，告诉：向某人谈论某事。
... Tell Tale泄密的心 tell of讲述;述说 tell from区别;辨别;认出 ...
... speak of谈及， tell of讲到， think of想起， ...
... seek out 找出 tell of 描述 win out 成功 ...
讲述
I do not remember having ever met a slave who could tell of his birthday.
我不记得曾遇到过一个能说出自己生日的奴隶。
I've often heard tell of such things.
我常听到人谈起这种事。
Show or tell of something novel.
展示或告诉大家一些新颖的事物。
I can only tell of the ten years my dead body lay undiscovered in an Arizona cave.
VOA : special.2010.07.10
And he has a theory about early life and perfectly appropriate as far as one can tell of what pre-human form he studied.
他有一个有关早期生命的理论,一般人都会觉得很正常,他研究人类之前的生命形式没有什么不合适。
人性课程节选 : 普林斯顿公开课
You said you are from Mexico. Could you tell us some of the differences that you've experienced here?
你说你来自墨西哥。能说说你在这里感受到的不同吗？
SpeakingMax英语口语达人 : 留学生的适应期
The traditional stories of American Indians who now live in the pueblos near Bandelier tell of links to the people who lived in Frijoles Canyon long ago.
VOA : special.2010.07.05
They tell of terrible things done to humans by humans.
VOA : special.2010.04.18
She then called a local newspaper to tell of her suspension, the tribunal heard.
They tell of patriots and scoundrels, high motives and low cynicism, extreme courage and cruel betrayal.
She said refugees had stories to tell of the men being separated and taken away.