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

• 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。
• 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。
• That should have been the tip off for you, my friend.
  那本该是对你的告诫，我的朋友。
• The police arrested him after an anonymous tip off.
  在接到匿名举报后，警方逮捕了他。
• 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。
• 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。
• Safety feature-air purifier includes tip over switch and auto-shut off function to ensure safety.
  安全功能包括尖端空气净化器的开关和自动关机功能，以确保安全。
• 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。
• The tip must've broken off before the attack.
  刀尖一定在攻击前就已断裂。
• 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。