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

• 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。
• 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。
• Workers apt to tip off peers, not bosses: survey.
  调查：多数职员不提醒上司难堪事。
• 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。
• Get help: Enlist an office buddy or good friend to tip you off when you interrupt.
  寻求帮助：寻求一名办公伙伴或者是好朋友在你打断别人时给你提示。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• And lastly, I copied the tip of the finger off our original source and pasted it over the zipper's pull tab to situate the tab underneath.
  最后，我再把手指尖的部分复制下来覆盖出拉链的拉扣，这样手指就搭在了拉扣上。