apprise 英 [əˈpraɪz]   美 [əˈpraɪz]

apprise

apprise  英 [əˈpraɪz] 美 [əˈpraɪz]

vt. 通知;报告 

进行时:apprising  过去式:apprised  过去分词:apprised  第三人称单数:apprises 

He came to apprise us that the work had been successfully completed. 他来通知我们工作已胜利完成。
My ex-husband was eager to apprise me of the fact that my thesis was appraised as worthless. 我的前夫迫不及待地告诉我,我的论文被评价得一无是处。

  • To apprise someone about something is to fill them in, to give them the scoop. If someone in your immediate family wins the mega-bucks lottery, you want to be the first one to be apprised of that event!
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  • vt. 通知;报告
  • 1. He came to apprise us that the work had been successfully completed.

    他来通知我们工作已胜利完成。

  • 2. My ex-husband was eager to apprise me of the fact that my thesis was appraised as worthless.

    我的前夫迫不及待地告诉我,我的论文被评价得一无是处。

  • 3. I must keep my eye upon the gun; the smoke will apprise me--the report arrives too late; it lags behind the missile.

    我必须睁大眼睛,盯着那尊大炮;炮口冒出的硝烟会通知我——炮弹射出来了,炮声响得太慢;它要远远落在炮弹的后面。

  • apprise (v.) "to notify, give notice," 1690s, from French appris, past participle of apprendre "to inform, teach" (Old French aprendre, 12c.), literally "to lay hold of (in the mind)," from Latin apprehendere "take hold of, grasp" mentally or physically, from ad "to" (see ad-) + prehendere "to seize" (from prae- "before," seepre-, + -hendere, from PIE root *ghend- "to seize, take"). Related: Apprised; apprising.
ap·prise / əˈpraɪz ; NAmE əˈpraɪz / verb apprisesb of sth ( formal) to tell or inform sb of sth 通知;告知 apprise apprises apprised apprising ap·prise / əˈpraɪz ; NAmE əˈpraɪz /
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