英和和英

名詞

tell-all (plural tell-alls)

1. A publication, usually a book or magazine article, which tells all, revealing every detail, particularly information that is normally withheld.
   • 1998, Laurie Stone, Close to the Bone: Memoirs of Hurt, Rage, and Desire, page xi:

     At this point, we could all write a tell-all about our tabloid childhoods and contrive an autobiographical performance about the pleasures of humiliation.

   • 2009, Kennedy Shaw, Tour of Duty, page 308:

     Mikerra had been offered a seven-figure book deal for a tell-all chronicling her relationship with Senator McCaffrey, his death, and the project's ultimate demise.

   • 2010, Zoe Fishman, Balancing Acts: A Novel, page 357:

     Surprise! I wrote a tell-all about each and every one of you!

   • 2011, Star Jones, Satan's Sisters: A Novel Work of Fiction, page 23:

     Of all the people in the world to write a tell-all about The Lunch Club, it had to be Missy Adams?!

   • 2023 September 30, Victoria Bekiempis, “‘Dark’ donations, free love and the fall: the Sam Bankman-Fried trial is here”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN:

     The highly anticipated proceedings are poised to serve as a tell-all on FTX and Alameda’s shocking downfall, with jurors weighing whether Bankman-Fried callously lined his pockets with hapless investors’ money. Ellison will play a pivotal role in the case.