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VERB
通知;告知
If you inform someone of something, you tell them about it.
例句
They would inform him of any progress they had made...
他們會(huì)把他們?nèi)〉玫娜魏芜M(jìn)步都告訴他。
My daughter informed me that she was pregnant...
我女兒告訴我她懷孕了。
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VERB
告發(fā);檢舉
If someone informs on a person, they give information about the person to the police or another authority, which causes the person to be suspected or proved guilty of doing something bad.
例句
Somebody must have informed on us...
肯定有人告發(fā)我們了。
Thousands of American citizens have informed on these organized crime syndicates.
數(shù)以千計(jì)的美國(guó)公民檢舉過這些有組織的犯罪團(tuán)伙。
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VERB
賦(思想或特質(zhì))于;滲透入
If a situation or activity is informed by an idea or a quality, that idea or quality is very noticeable in it.
例句
All great songs are informed by a certain sadness and tension...
所有很棒的歌曲都透著某種悲傷和張力。
The concept of the Rose continued to inform the poet's work.
玫瑰的概念持續(xù)貫穿于詩(shī)人的作品中。