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

• 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。
• That should have been the tip off for you, my friend.
  那本该是对你的告诫，我的朋友。
• 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。
• Did you tip her off about this case?
  你向她透露过这个案子吗？
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• You might ask though, is there some other behavior, something else that should tip us off, could tip us off, as to whether or not we really do or don't believe that we're going to die?
  你可能会问，有没有其他行为，能够让我们突然醒悟，知道我们真正是否相信自己会死呢？
• 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。
• Workers apt to tip off peers, not bosses: survey.
  调查：多数职员不提醒上司难堪事。