2VERB 告发;检举 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. 告发;检举
Somebody must have informed on us. [VERBon noun]
肯定有人告发我们了。
Thousands of American citizens have informed on these organized crime syndicates. [VERB + on]
数以千计的美国公民检举过这些有组织的犯罪团伙。
3VERB 赋(思想或特质)于;渗透入 If a situation or activity is informed by an idea or a quality, that idea or quality is very noticeable in it. 赋(思想或特质)于;渗透入 [formal]
All great songs are informed by a certain sadness and tension. [beVERB-ed + by]
所有很棒的歌曲都透着某种悲伤和张力。
The concept of the Rose continued to inform the poet's work. [VERB noun]