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

• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• Did you tip her off about this case?
  你向她透露过这个案子吗？
• 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。
• A trouble spot some people overlook is the bottom tip of the cone. This may have been broken off.
  蛋筒的尖底往往是为人们所忽视的地方&这儿或有可能已经破损。
• An implement for cutting the tip off of a cigar.
  切割香烟末端的工具。
• 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。
• The tip must've broken off before the attack.
  刀尖一定在攻击前就已断裂。
• 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假钞。