tip-off

英 [ˈtɪp ɒf]

美 [ˈtɪp ɔːf]

n.  举报; 密告

复数：tip-offs　

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牛津词典

noun

• 举报；密告
  secret information that sb gives, for example to the police, to warn them about an illegal activity that is going to happen
  1. The man was arrested after an anonymous tip-off.
     有人匿名举报后，那个人被抓了起来。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 密报;密告
  Atip-offis a piece of information or a warning that you give to someone, often privately or secretly.
  1. The man was arrested at his home after a tip-off to police from a member of the public.
     在一名群众向警方举报以后，那人就在家里被逮捕了。

英英释义

noun

• the act of starting a basketball game with a jump ball
  Synonym:tap-off
• inside information that something is going to happen

双语例句

• I think| this is a good tip-off| to his overall character.
  我想这是他整个性格的一个很好体现。
• Security forces said an anonymous tip-off led them to the site which is almost the size of a football pitch.
  安全力量表示，一份匿名密报引导他们来到这里，整个场地像足球场那么大。
• Acting on a tip-off, the police arrested the drug smugglers.
  警方根据密报逮捕了毒品走私者。
• According to Mr Webb, he received an anonymous tip-off that "hundreds of insurance sales agents" had been offered PCCW shares in return for voting for the privatisation offer.
  据韦伯称，他曾收到匿名举报，指称有人向“数百名保险经纪人”赠送电讯盈科股票，以换取对私有化收购的支持。
• The organ that accepts a tip-off shall keep confidential the tip-off maker as well as the tipped-off contents.
  接受举报的机关应当对举报人和举报内容保密。
• Mr Zeller said that the statement was based on information from the Swiss federal prosecutor, which acted after a tip-off from a Lebanese bank.
  泽勒表示，那项声明是根据瑞士联邦检察署提供的信息作出的，而该机构是在一家黎巴嫩银行通风报信后采取相应行动的。
• Did you get a tip-off from somewhere?
  你是不是收到消息了？
• A tip-off led to the basement of a house recently vacated by Mr Rodenstock and the discovery of piles of blank labels, corks and other counterfeiter's paraphernalia.
  一则警告使得罗德斯多克先生近来搬离了那里，在那所房子的地下室里还发现了成推的空白标签，瓶塞和其他造假工具。
• Still there's no tip-off of his whereabouts.
  尽管如此仍然没有他行踪的警告。
• Ray Allen once dunked the ball in his own hoop following the tip-off as a high school senior.
  雷阿伦曾经在他高中时在一次跳球后把篮球扣进了自家篮筐。