英语词汇“inform”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

informinform /ɪnˈfɔrm/ ●●○ W3 verb [transitive]

ETYMOLOGYinform

Origin: 1300-1400 Old French enformer, from Latin informare to give shape to

VERB TABLE

inform

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	inform
	he, she, it	informs
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	informed
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have informed
	he, she, it	has informed
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had informed
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will inform
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have informed

Continuous Form
Present	I	am informing
	he, she, it	is informing
	you, we, they	are informing
Past	I, he, she, it	was informing
	you, we, they	were informing
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been informing
	he, she, it	has been informing
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been informing
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be informing
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been informing

1to formally or officially tell someone about something or give him or her information: Do you think we should inform the police?inform somebody about/of something Please inform us of any change of address.inform somebody (that) I’m sorry to inform you that your application has been rejected.2[usually passive] formal to influence someone’s attitude, opinion, or way of doing something: Her style is informed by the writings of Kafka and Beckett. [Origin: 1300–1400 Old French enformer, from Latin informare to give shape to]inform on somebody phrasal verb to tell the police information about what someone has done, especially something illegal: He denied that he had ever informed on his neighbors.