phrasal verbphr vif someone in authority tells you off, they speak to you angrily about something wrong that you have done 斥责,责骂,训斥
be/get told off
Shelley was one of those kids who was always getting told off at school.
谢利是那种经常在学校挨训的孩子。
tell somebody off for doing something
My dad told me off for swearing.
我爸爸因为我说脏话而训斥我。
Examples from the Corpus
tell off• Instead what occurred to him were ways of telling people off.• They were told to bog off.• What, you thought I would tell you right off?• Dad was always telling her off about that, about how it cracked the shoeleather and led to big repairs.• His mum must have told him off for being such a cheat.• Did anyone really do themselves any good by telling somebody off on the telephone or getting angry in a trafficjam?• After about an inch I was told to switch off while he checked the angle and depth of cut.• You're told to take off your clothes and put on a gown that doesn't fit at the back.
tell somebody off for doing something• Her parents were always telling her off for going on about things being boring.• His mum must have told him off for being such a cheat.• Mummy told him off for saying it when I was there.• She told herself off for not being attentive enough, for not finding the right words to encourage him to go on.• And Mum's always telling me off for doing things wrong.