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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• The tip must've broken off before the attack.
  刀尖一定在攻击前就已断裂。
• 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。
• 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。
• That should have been the tip off for you, my friend.
  那本该是对你的告诫，我的朋友。
• 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 tuning tip for this management infrastructure is to turn off automatic synchronization of the node configurations.
  这个管理基础设施的一个调优技巧是关闭节点配置的自动同步功能。
• Just don't forget to carefully trim the tip off each claw before applying the nail cap.
  只是不要忘记仔细修剪爪通风报信每个申请前钉帽。