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

• 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。
• The heavy reliance on message passing and the notion that Self applications are always running should tip you off that late binding is a central theme in Self.
  从Self对消息传送的严重依赖以及Self应用程序一直运行这一概念可以看出：延迟绑定是Self的中心课题。
• 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。
• Its tip flicked twice around the tumbleweed, jerked it off the ground and back to the feed opening in the imitation tree stump within which the rest of the slurp was concealed.
  舌尖绕着风滚草圈了两圈，然后猛得将其拉起来，往模仿树残桩里的进食口拖去，啜食者正是隐藏了里面。
• That might tip off what the real price should be.
  只要他出价，赌签真实总值也就可能有个眉目了。
• That should have been the tip off for you, my friend.
  那本该是对你的告诫，我的朋友。
• Safety feature-air purifier includes tip over switch and auto-shut off function to ensure safety.
  安全功能包括尖端空气净化器的开关和自动关机功能，以确保安全。
• 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。
• Effort from tip off to whatever time in the morning a game might be decided.
  任何一个早晨的努力是可以在一场比赛可以体现的。
• His20-year-old bride, Rasha, was rescued by local police and firemen who forced open the door of their apartment in the Italian city of Crema after a tip off from Rasha's family.
  齐耶德的妻子名叫拉莎，现年20岁。警方在接到其家人报警后和消防队员强行冲入了这对夫妇所住的公寓，并最终把她解救了出来。