inform
inform 英 [ɪnˈfɔ:m] 美 [ɪnˈfɔrm]
vt. 通知；告诉
进行时:informing 过去式:informed 过去分词:informed 第三人称单数:informs 名词复数:informs
- To inform is to tell someone news, pass on wisdom, leak gossip, or give instruction. You've been informed that you won the raffle at the county fair. What are you going to do with all that cheese?
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- vt. 通知；告诉
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1. Please inform us of any changes of address.
地址若有变动请通知我们。
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2. ‘He's already left,’ she informed us.
“他已经走了。”她告诉我们说。
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3. I have not been informed when the ceremony will take place.
没人通知我典礼何时举行。
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4. We need time to inform ourselves thoroughly of the problem.
我们需要时间对这个问题有个透彻的了解。
- inform (v.) early 14c., "to train or instruct in some specific subject," from Old French informer, enformer "instruct, teach" (13c.) and directly from Latin informare "to shape, give form to, delineate," figuratively "train, instruct, educate," from in- "into" (from PIE root *en "in") + formare "to form, shape," from forma "form" (see form (n.)). In early use also enform until c. 1600. Sense of "report facts or news, communicate information to" first recorded late 14c. Related: Informed; informing.
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