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(transitive, idiomatic) To function as a liability (for someone); to put into a condition of disadvantage. / (transitive, idiomatic) To serve as evidence which casts doubt upon.

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tell against

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tell against

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慣用表現他動詞

(transitive, idiomatic) To function as a liability (for someone); to put into a condition of disadvantage. / (transitive, idiomatic) To serve as evidence which casts doubt upon.

日本語の意味

～にとって不利になる、または不利な状態にする / 疑いを招く証拠として作用する

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His prior arrests may tell against him during the trial.

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彼の以前の逮捕歴は裁判で彼に不利に働くかもしれない。

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(transitive, idiomatic) To function as a liability (for someone); to put into a condition of disadvantage.

[S]ome people . . . have been so short-sighted and reckless as to clamor for an easy dissolution of the marriage-contract. . . . Is it possible that they do not see that this is a liberty which, once granted, would always tell against the weaker sex?

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