| 单词 | inform |
| 释义 | inform (ɪnfɔːʳm ) Word forms: informs , informing , informed 1. verb B1+ If you inform someone of something, you tell them about it. They would inform him of any progress they had made. [VERB noun + of] My daughter informed me that she was pregnant. [VERB noun that] 'I just added a little soy sauce,' he informs us. [VERB noun with quote] Synonyms: tell, advise, let someone know, notify 2. verb 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. [VERB on noun] Thousands of American citizens have informed on these organized crime syndicates. [VERB + on] 3. verb If a situation or activity is informed by an idea or a quality, that idea or quality is very noticeable in it. [formal] All great songs are informed by a certain sadness and tension. [be VERB-ed + by] The concept of the Rose continued to inform the poet's work. [VERB noun] Synonyms: infuse, characterize, permeate, animate Quotations: Never tell tales out of school Collocations: inform policy Now we are going much farther and developing measures of wellbeing that we can then use to inform policy. Times, Sunday Times It would be far more useful for all concerned if memories rather than denials were allowed to inform policy; our derring-do did, after all, teach us something. Times, Sunday Times Ministers argued that he had gone beyond his remit to provide evidence to inform policy and was trying to shape it himself. Times, Sunday Times This view holds that charities' expertise should not inform policy, and that their experiences should not be shared with the public. Times, Sunday Times Government departments, local authorities, the emergency services, charities, community groups and academics are among those who rely on census data to plan services, inform policy decisions and allocate resources. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 告知 Japanese: 知らせる |
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