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

• 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。
• The tip must've broken off before the attack.
  刀尖一定在攻击前就已断裂。
• Workers apt to tip off peers, not bosses: survey.
  调查：多数职员不提醒上司难堪事。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The police arrested him after an anonymous tip off.
  在接到匿名举报后，警方逮捕了他。