【telling音标】 英[ˈtelɪŋ] 美[ˈtelɪŋ]
【单词释义】 telling是什么意思：
adj.有效的；显著的；强有力的；生动的；说明问题的v.讲述；告诉(tell的现在分词)n.讲述，叙述
[单词分级] 大学英语四级词汇
[单词复数] tellings
【telling形近词/近似词】
unwilling adj.不愿意的，不情愿的
compelling adj.引人入胜的，扣人心弦的；令人信服的 v.强迫，迫使；使发生，促使（compel 的现在分词形式）
dwelling n.住处，处所；寓所 v.居住，住(dwell的现在分词)
willing adj.乐意的，愿意的
enthralling adj.迷人的；吸引人的 v. 迷住；吸引住；迷恋(enthral的现在分词)
spelling n.拼写；拼法
【单词例句】
◇ He heard an old man telling about the thorn hedge. It was said that there was a castle behind it, in which a beautiful princess named Little Brier-Rose had been asleep for a hundred years, and with her the king and the queen and all the royal attendants were sleeping.
一位老大爷向他讲起了蒺藜树丛的故事，说树篱之内有一座漂亮的王宫，王宫里有一位仙女般的公主，她的名字叫玫瑰公主，她和整座王宫及里面的人都在沉睡。
---- Little Brier-Rose
◇ In order not to let Yong Hui get away with telling lies, Wang Peng spied on Yong Hui despite her glare. But he was surprised that she was losing her customers, too.
为了不让永慧说了谎不受惩罚，王鹏不顾她的怒视，前去探查个究竟。但是让他惊奇的是，永慧的顾客也在严重地流失。
---- Balanced Diet
◇ So, understandably, nothing makes you crazier than someone who just won't cut to the chase when they're telling a story or refuses to take a shortcut when they know they're running late.
因此，可以理解的是，没有什么比下面的事更让你恼羞成怒了：比如有人对你说谎而又不允许你刨根问底，或是他们明知道已经来不及了却又拒绝走捷径。
---- The most unbearable thing for the twelve zodiac signs
◇ A man once had four sons who never stopped quarrelling with one another. He was always telling them how much easier life would be if they worked together but they took absolutely no notice of him.
从前有一个人，他有四个儿子。儿子们不断地争吵。他一再告诫他们说，如果他们一齐干活儿，生活会舒适得多，但他们丝毫不理会他的意见。
---- A Bundle of Sticks
◇ Supporters of reduced working hours have been cheering on the trial. "I don't feel the pressure for it to succeed, but I think my staff do. People are telling me: we have to make this work for New Zealand," says Barnes.
支持缩短工作时间的人一直在为这个试验欢呼。巴恩斯说：“没有压力迫使我非把这件事做成不可，但我认为我的员工有压力。人们告诉我：为了新西兰，我们必须让这个试验成功。”
---- New Zealand employees try four-day week
◇ When he told me he was leaving I felt like a vase which has just smashed. There were pieces of me all over the tidy, tan tiles. He kept talking, telling me why he was leaving, explaining it was for the best, I could do better, it was his fault and not mine.
当他告诉我他要离开的时候，我感觉自己就像花瓶裂成了碎片，跌落在茶色瓷砖地板上。他一直在说话，解释着为什么要离开，说什么这是最好的，我可以做得更好，都是他的错，与我无关。
---- A Little Piece of Me
◇ The frog jumped out of the water onto a leaf. The king's son gave her the hemp, telling her he'd pick up the spun thread three days later.
青蛙从水中跳出来，落在一片叶子上。小王子把麻交给她，告诉她三天后他会来取纺好的线。