tip off

英 [ˈtɪp ɒf]

美 [ˈtɪp ɔːf]

给…通风报信; 暗中告知

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 给…通风报信;暗中告知
  If someonetipsyouoff, they give you information about something that has happened or is going to happen.
  1. Greg tipped police off on his car phone about a suspect drunk driver...
     格雷格用他的汽车电话向警方报告了一个有酒后驾驶嫌疑的司机。
  2. He was arrested two days later after a friend tipped off the FBI.
     他的一个朋友给美国联邦调查局报了信两天以后他就被捕了。

英英释义

verb

• give insider information or advise to
  1. He tipped off the police about the terrorist plot
  Synonym:tip

双语例句

• Did you tip her off about this case?
  你向她透露过这个案子吗？
• Eg. did nancy want him to tip off the IRS confidentially?
  南希是否希望他秘密地向国内税收局通个风？
• Just don't forget to carefully trim the tip off each claw before applying the nail cap.
  只是不要忘记仔细修剪爪通风报信每个申请前钉帽。
• Don't look suspicious! That will tip off the police!
  别显得那么紧张，那样会让警察注意你的。
• Workers apt to tip off peers, not bosses: survey.
  调查：多数职员不提醒上司难堪事。
• What else about the letters that you heard might tip you off that they're pseudonymous? Yes sir.
  信里还有哪些地方，让你们觉得它们是冒名写成的？好的，先生。
• Get help: Enlist an office buddy or good friend to tip you off when you interrupt.
  寻求帮助：寻求一名办公伙伴或者是好朋友在你打断别人时给你提示。
• You can also use a pull-and-drop presentation by raising your rod tip so the sinker also comes up off the bottom.
  你也可以用“拖-停”的手法，这样在你抬高竿尖的时候，铅坠也轻微离底。
• You might ask though, is there some other behavior, something else that should tip us off, could tip us off, as to whether or not we really do or don't believe that we're going to die?
  你可能会问，有没有其他行为，能够让我们突然醒悟，知道我们真正是否相信自己会死呢？
• After the first step of the tip part of the male mark is broken off, the second thorn-shaped step is buckled with the female mark, which avoids the possibility of mark falling.
  当公标尖端部的第一台阶处折断后，尚有棘刺形的第二台阶与母标相扣合，避免了掉标的可能。