be told off是什么意思

双语例句

(1)That fellow needs to be told off.

那家伙真该说他一顿。

(2)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。

(3)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。

(4)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。

(5)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。