to furnish incriminating evidence to an officer of the law (usually in return for favors)
a speech act that conveys information
双语例句
1. She was given the unenviable task of informing the losers.
让她去通知失败的人，真不是什么好差事。
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2. An alert should appear, informing you to first select an item from the grid.
一个警告就会出现，通知您首先从这个表格中选择一个条目。
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3. It's good because you're preparing other people. You're informing them that you're going to be moving forward.
这很好，因为你让大家有所准备。你在告知他们你将采取下一步行动。
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4. AI robot can be of assistance to many aspects of our daily life such as doing housework, informing us of the weather and helping children do their homework.
5. They will shortly receive a letter informing them that they have until the end of February to act, or face the legal consequences—which could include being dissolved.
他们很快就会收到一封信，通知他们在2月底前必须采取行动，否则将面临可能包括解散在内的法律后果。
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6. The school had been negligent in not informing the child's parents about the incident.
校方疏忽了，没有向这孩子的父母通报这件事。
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7. One of them climbed aboard a soapbox and began informing the locals why gays should be allowed in the military.
他们其中的一个人登上了小讲台，开始跟当地人讲为什么同性恋者应该被允许征召入伍。
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8. By August, Proust was writing to Vallette, informing him of his intention to develop the material as a novel.
8月，普鲁斯特写信给瓦列特，告诉他打算把这些材料写成小说。
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9. The printing, broadcasting and advertising industries are all involved with informing, educating and entertaining.
印刷业、广播业以及广告业都与信息、教育和娱乐有关。
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10. The yellow uses in the queen mother, and the olive-yellow uses in the old infanta and always informing assigns madame.
黄色用于太后，秋香色用于老郡主和老诰命夫人。
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11. It took years for the Army to hit on a workable strategy for the woodpecker—a lesson that is informing its conservation work today.
军方花了数年的时间才想出一个可行的啄木鸟保护策略——这一教训如今正影响着他们的保护工作。
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12. The spoken word can handle various vital functions: persuading or inspiring, informing, paying tribute, entertaining, or simply introducing someone or something or accepting something.
