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 way to tip off any rejection or obstruction of solicitation or demurral;
  对排斥、阻挠征询或异议的举报方式；
• 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。
• And once you're on the boss's good side, it won't be long before he or she will tip off higher management about your talent and good attitude.
  一但你的上司对你有好的认同感，不久后他（她）将会对你的才能与好的态度提供更高的管理职位。
• Did you tip her off about this case?
  你向她透露过这个案子吗？
• The police arrested him after an anonymous tip off.
  在接到匿名举报后，警方逮捕了他。
• 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？
• Workers apt to tip off peers, not bosses: survey.
  调查：多数职员不提醒上司难堪事。
• Its tip flicked twice around the tumbleweed, jerked it off the ground and back to the feed opening in the imitation tree stump within which the rest of the slurp was concealed.
  舌尖绕着风滚草圈了两圈，然后猛得将其拉起来，往模仿树残桩里的进食口拖去，啜食者正是隐藏了里面。
• They enter the house in a rough neighborhood without working with local police to get a search warrant, fearing officers could tip off the smugglers.
  他们进入这个位于崎岖地带的房子，没有与当地警察合作以取得搜索证，因为担心警方会事先警告这些走私者。
• 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。