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

• The tip must've broken off before the attack.
  刀尖一定在攻击前就已断裂。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Go to your father, taking him aside and tip him off that the man is a swindler.
  到你父亲那里，把他带到一边，悄悄告诉他那人是个骗子。
• 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。
• Did you tip her off about this case?
  你向她透露过这个案子吗？
• That should have been the tip off for you, my friend.
  那本该是对你的告诫，我的朋友。
• 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。