That fellow needs to be told off.

那家伙真该说他一顿。

I was told I'd need some time off in case of post-traumatic stress; I agreed to counselling to assess my fitness to resume work, but was convinced this would be a formality.

我被告知需要一段时间的休假来克服创伤后压力症；我同意去做心理咨询，让他们评估我的心理健康，然后回到工作中去。 但这在我理解就是走个程序。

"That much ordnance going off would be the equivalent of an earthquake" Cartwright told me.

“那么多军火爆炸的效果可能就等量于一次地震了。”Cart wright告诉我。

He told the Kaiser that a war between Britain and Germany would be an "unspeakable calamity." Wilhelm, whom Roosevelt found to be "vain as a peacock," brushed him off.

他告诉德皇英国和德国之间的战争将会是一场“难以言状的灾难”，但被罗斯福称为“孔雀一般虚荣”的威廉对他的话弃如敝履。

There is much to enjoy about Memories of Matsuko. But if I were a female moviegoer who had paid 1800 yen to be told that I need to know my place in this world, I would be mightily pissed off.

《被嫌弃的松子的一生》值得欣赏的地方很多，但是如果我是一个女性，花1800日元就为了被告知我需要知道自己在这个世界上位置的话，这部电影会让我很生气。

Mrs Des Forges told her to pass the telephone to the killers. She would pretend to be from the White House, she said, and warn them off.

德·弗基斯夫人让她把电话递给那些杀人魔，并说自己可以装作是从白宫打来电话，从而警告他们离开。

Now, the farmer's son, truth be told, had dabbled in this kind of potion before, but he knew it was wrong and had sworn off it.

现在，农夫的儿子已经染上了这种药水，终于如梦初醒，他知道这是不对的，想要痛改前非。

Soon enough, the class was told that lessons would resume in the room in question, but that the cameras would be turned off.

很快，他们班被告知在教室的课程将会恢复但是摄像头会关掉。

They told me they would be able to get me out of any East German prison but that it might take some time. So I was better off not taking the risk of overland travel.

他们告诉我，他们能够把我从东德任何一家监狱弄出来，不过要花费时间，因此我最好不要冒险走陆路旅行。

They've been told that once they're married they'll be eligible for an apartment. Off the streets they figure they can have a phone, keep their clothes clean and dry, shower, and find a job.

告别流浪街头的生活，他们琢磨着终于能安一部电话，穿上又干净又干爽的衣服，能洗淋浴，还可以安心找一份工作。

If you told the 20-year-old Gates, who co-founded Microsoft in 1975, that he actually pulled off his grand plan he probably wouldn't be surprised.

1975年，年仅20岁的盖茨成为微软的创立者之一，如果你告诉此时的盖茨他将会大有作为，大概他也不会惊讶。

Forty-three people were paired off with a partner for what they were told would be a test of psychological perception.

43名参与者分别与一名伙伴达成对，他们被告知要进行一项心理感知测试。

In further testimony on Wednesday, Sergeant Frederick said he helped place wires in a detainee's hands and told him he would be electrocuted if he fell off a box.

在星期三进一步的证言中，弗雷德里克说，他曾帮着在一个囚犯的手中放置电线，并告诉他如果掉下一个盒子，就会被处于电刑。

All told, incentivise isn't going to be tripping off my tongue too often, but it's more legitimate to me than incent, and its brevity speaks in its favour.

总之，我不会常用incentivise的，不过我认为得它比incent更正统，简洁是它的优势。

Aware that there would be trouble in the markets the following day, Sants told the London Clearing House to call off a planned software change to its systems.

桑茨意识到第二天市场将会出现波动，他让伦敦结算所(London Clearing House)取消改变其系统软件的计划。

I have been told the sports meet might be put off.

我曾经说过运动会能够会推延举行。

She told Jeeves that she and her husband would be home very late and he should just enjoy his night off.

她告诉吉福斯她和她丈夫很晚才会回家，他应该享受他的晚休。

The regular scholars, if the truth must be told, stood at the present moment afar off, like certain historic disciples, indisposed to any enthusiastic volunteering of aid.

如果一定说真话的话，正规生这会儿都站得远远的，就像某些名垂史册的使徒那样袖手旁观，无动于衷，谁也不肯主动过来，热心帮忙。

There used to be a chap told off every day to fetch us beer.

以前专门有个小伙子每天来为我们送啤酒。

"You won't be able to put it down," my friend Ann told me a few weeks ago, when she dropped it off at my house.

“你简直会停不下来，”我的朋友安几个星期前在我家把这本书给我时跟我说。

It does not matter if you work for others, or if you are self-employed - there is something likely to be "off" here that you are not being told.

不管你的工作为他人，或者如果您是自雇-有一些可能是“关闭”在这里，你没有被告知。

When he heard he was going to be fired, he told the boss off.

当他听说要被解雇时，他把老板大骂了一通。

Because the store charged 50 dollars for such cleanings, he told me, I might be better off reading the printer's manual and trying the job myself.

商店对这种清洗要收费50美元，所以，他告诉我，我最好还是看看打印机的说明书，自己试着弄更合算。