inform

1. V-T If you inform someone of something, you tell them about it. 告知

They would inform him of any progress they had made. 他們將把自己所取得的任何進展都告訴他。

My daughter informed me that she was pregnant. 我女兒告訴我她懷孕了。

2. V-I 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. 檢舉

Thousands of American citizens have informed on these organized crime syndicates. 成千上萬的美國公民檢舉了這些有組織的犯罪集團。

3. V-T If a situation or activity is informed by an idea or a quality, that idea or quality is very noticeable in it. 彌漫 (思想或品質(zhì)等)[正式]

All great songs are informed by a certain sadness and tension. 所有動聽的歌曲無不彌漫著某種傷感和緊繃感。