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

• 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？
• 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 should have been the tip off for you, my friend.
  那本该是对你的告诫，我的朋友。
• Did you tip her off about this case?
  你向她透露过这个案子吗？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Since they're difficult to copy, the serial number should tip off a counterfeit bill.
  而序列号又难以复制，因此通过它可以检验出***。
• The police arrested him after an anonymous tip off.
  在接到匿名举报后，警方逮捕了他。