inform
v. 通知; 瞭解; 對…有影響
If you inform someone of something, you tell them about it.
They would inform him of any progress they had made...
他們會把他們取得的任何進步都告訴他。
My daughter informed me that she was pregnant...
我女兒告訴我她懷孕了。
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.
Somebody must have informed on us...
肯定有人告發我們了。
Thousands of American citizens have informed on these organized crime syndicates.
數以千計的美國公民檢舉過這些有組織的犯罪團伙。
If a situation or activity is informed by an idea or a quality, that idea or quality is very noticeable in it.
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.
玫瑰的概念持續貫穿於詩人的作品中。
1. impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to;
2. give character or essence to;
3. act as an informer;
inform, acquaint, notify, advise
這些動詞都有"通知,告知"之意。
You'll receive my invitation soon enough, and I will inform you.
你很快會收到我的請柬, 我會通知你的.
I'm happy to inform you that you have been promoted to captain.
我很高興地告訴你,你已被提升為上尉了.
If the application accepted, the Membership Committee will inform the applicant through mail.
如申請成功批核, 會籍委員會將於兩星期內發信通知閣下.
I inform her that I was unwell and could not come to her party.
我告訴她自己身體不好,不能去參加她的晚會.
The differing fates of these two hypotheses ought to inform our approach to reforming financial regulation.
這兩種假說不同的境遇,應當對我們的金融監管改革方式有所啟迪.