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tell against someone/something
phrasal verb with tellverbuk /tel/ us /tel/told | told
UKformal
to make someone or something more likely to fail: 对…不利；对…起反作用
His reputation as a troublemaker told against him when he tried to change his job.他惹是生非的坏名声在他想换工作的时候对他不利了。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Affecting and influencing
across-the-board
affect
applicability
be/fall under someone's influence/spellidiom
bear on something
carry
colour
ear
inroad
inspiration
instrumental
instrumentality
instrumentally
pen
rail
sphere of influence
spill
spill over
sportswashing
start (something) off
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