告发：向有权威的人告知（他人）的不良行为或行动。
对（某人或某物）产生明显影响：对（某人或某物）产生明显的影响。
tell on告发；使疲乏；影响到…；对…
... tell...prt 把…区分开 tell on 告发;产生效果 in terms of 根据;以…的措词 ...
... pile up 堆积;储蓄堆集 tell on 告密;孕育发起效验 run one's eyes over 迅速地看,浏览 ...
tell on告发；使疲乏；影响到…；对…
告发；对…产生效果
You shouldn't tell on other guys.
你不应该告发别人。
The strain was beginning to tell on the rescue team.
过度的疲劳开始让救援队吃不消了。
It wasn't long before the strain began to tell on our relationship.
很快，这种极度的紧张就开始对我们的关系产生严重影响。
President Obama called President Dmitri Medvedev on Thursday to tell him that American firefighting equipment is on the way.
VOA : special.2010.08.14
Owen, they have a mat on a table, and he's sitting there, meditating, did I ever tell you about this?
欧文他们在桌上摆了一张垫子，他就坐在那里，冥想，我说过这件事吧？
人性课程节选 : 普林斯顿公开课
but I'm more in the biology department, so that's about all I can tell you on that front.
但是我是生物系的，所以我能说的就这么多了，
SpeakingMax英语口语达人 : 对于未来的技术
Bob Doughty and Faith Lapidus tell about some of the winning American athletes on and off the ice and snow.
VOA : special.2010.02.26
Today we tell about an artist in Washington whose work can be found on the sides of several city buildings.
VOA : special.2010.03.19
Labour has a better story to tell on education, especially in primary schools (see second chart).
At the beginning of the week, we were getting by on adrenaline, but the strain is beginning to tell on us.
For the first time since the Vietnam War ended, Democrats have a better story to tell on defense than Republicans do.
FORBES: Compared With Bush, Obama's Defense Record Looks Real Good