inform

B2 CET-4 Oxf 3000 高中 FREQ #3128 ★★★☆☆

vt. 通知, 使了解, 使充满 vi. 提供资料, 告发

发音

US /ɪnˈfɔɹm/
UK /ɪnˈfɔːm/

词形变化

inform'd informed informest informeth informing informs 三单 informs informing 现在分词 informed 过去式 informed 过去分词

别名

hinform enform

教材释义与例句

动词

通知；告诉；报告

to officially tell someone about something or give them information

动词

告发；告密

They decided to inform the police.

他们决定通知警察。

释义与例句

v. B2 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    To instruct, train (usually in matters of knowledge).

    古体 及物
  2. 2.

    To communicate knowledge to.

    通知

    告知

    及物
  3. 3.

    To impart information or knowledge.

    不及物
  4. 4.

    To act as an informer; denounce.

  5. 5.

    To give form or character to; to inspire (with a given quality); to affect, influence (with a pervading principle, idea etc.).

    及物

    His sense of religion informs everything he writes.

  6. 6.

    To make known, wisely and/or knowledgeably.

    不及物 废旧
  7. 7.

    To direct, guide.

    正式 及物

    Don’t forget the code of ethics that informs this profession.

  8. 8.

    To take form; to become visible or manifest; to appear.

    古体 不及物
adj.
  1. 1.

    Without regular form; shapeless; ugly; deformed.

词汇关系

动词

上位词 5

change communicate alter modify intercommunicate

下位词 10

tell mean show shit point learn explain report evidence present

相关短语

inform on 告密,告发,出卖

词源

From Middle English informen, enformen, borrowed from Old French enformer, informer (“to train, instruct, inform”), from Latin īnfōrmō (“to shape, form, train, instruct, educate”), from in- (“into”) + fōrma (“form, shape”), equivalent to in- + form.

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