tip-off

noun

1. 举报；密告
   secret information that sb gives, for example to the police, to warn them about an illegal activity that is going to happen
   1. The man was arrested after an anonymous tip-off.
      有人匿名举报后，那个人被抓了起来。

1. N-COUNT 密报;密告
   A tip-off is a piece of information or a warning that you give to someone, often privately or secretly.
   1. The man was arrested at his home after a tip-off to police from a member of the public.
      在一名群众向警方举报以后，那人就在家里被逮捕了。

1. The man was arrested at his home after a tip-off to police from a member of the public.
   在一名群众向警方举报以后，那人就在家里被逮捕了。
2. I think| this is a good tip-off| to his overall character.
   我想这是他整个性格的一个很好体现。
3. It says a militant "hideout" was hit in the Shawal mountains of South Waziristan, following a tip-off.
   据称，根据一份线报提示，空袭打击了一处位于南瓦斯瑞斯坦的沙沃尔山脉的武装分子据点。
4. In a statement posted on their official Sina Weibo microblog account Monday night, the police said that a Mr. Chan, a Mr. Ko and several other people were arrested last Thursday in the Dongcheng district of Beijing by antinarcotics authorities acting on a tip-off.
   警方周一晚在其官方新浪微博账号发布的一份声明中表示，禁毒总队在接到群众举报后，于上周四在北京东城区拘捕了一位房某某、一位柯某某以及其他几人。
5. The man was arrested after an anonymous tip-off.
   有人匿名举报后，那个人被抓了起来。
6. Did you get a tip-off from somewhere?
   你是不是收到消息了？
7. According to Mr Webb, he received an anonymous tip-off that "hundreds of insurance sales agents" had been offered PCCW shares in return for voting for the privatisation offer.
   据韦伯称，他曾收到匿名举报，指称有人向“数百名保险经纪人”赠送电讯盈科股票，以换取对私有化收购的支持。
8. Hornets coach Byron Scott said about an hour before tip-off that Paul's four-game absence, caused by a strained right groin in a loss to Portland on Feb.2, was over and that Paul was ready to play.
   保罗的四场缺席并非空穴来风。因为在2月2号对阵开拓者的比赛中，保罗右腹股沟不慎受伤。主教练斯科特称保罗经过四场比赛的休息已经能够上场比赛。
9. Still there's no tip-off of his whereabouts.
   尽管如此仍然没有他行踪的警告。
10. We will try to be efficient and to control them from the tip-off.
    我们会努力保持效率，并从一开始就控制住他们。
11. The district procuratorate recently opened a tip-off hotline in a Bid to reinforce the momentum of the ongoing anti-corruption drive
    区检察院加大当前反腐败运动的力度，近日开通了热线
12. Other old writers ramble and repeat themselves; their style is the tip-off that they have turned into garrulous bores.
    另一些作家，一直在原地徘徊，这表明，他们已经变得无聊乏味。
13. The organ that accepts a tip-off shall keep confidential the tip-off maker as well as the tipped-off contents.
    接受举报的机关应当对举报人和举报内容保密。
14. A chance to win a trip for two to Las Vegas to watch a day's worth of2008 NBA Summer League games from courtside and participate in the honorary tip-off.
    机会赢取之旅两至拉斯维加斯，观看天值得一提的2008年NBA的夏季联赛，游戏，从球场，并参加在名誉提示小康。
15. Acting on a tip-off, the police arrested the drug smugglers.
    警方根据密报逮捕了毒品走私者。
16. A tip-off led to the basement of a house recently vacated by Mr Rodenstock and the discovery of piles of blank labels, corks and other counterfeiter's paraphernalia.
    一则警告使得罗德斯多克先生近来搬离了那里，在那所房子的地下室里还发现了成推的空白标签，瓶塞和其他造假工具。
17. Mr Zeller said that the statement was based on information from the Swiss federal prosecutor, which acted after a tip-off from a Lebanese bank.
    泽勒表示，那项声明是根据瑞士联邦检察署提供的信息作出的，而该机构是在一家黎巴嫩银行通风报信后采取相应行动的。
18. Security forces said an anonymous tip-off led them to the site which is almost the size of a football pitch.
    安全力量表示，一份匿名密报引导他们来到这里，整个场地像足球场那么大。
19. The gun battle erupted on Saturday night when soldiers, after receiving a tip-off, went to a large house in the city's downtown tourist district.
    事件发生在周六晚上，当时士兵收到命令，赶赴市区旅游区一所大房子内，随后发生枪战。
20. The Kaibab trail leading to tip-off point, which then takes us sharply down to the Colorado River.
    该凯巴布步道通往尖客点，然后急剧下降到把我们的科罗拉多河。
21. Ray Allen once dunked the ball in his own hoop following the tip-off as a high school senior.
    雷阿伦曾经在他高中时在一次跳球后把篮球扣进了自家篮筐。
22. I used to love getting to the pyramid game just before tip-off.
    我经常在比赛前到金字塔球场去。
23. In return for your tip-off?
    作为你给他们消息的回报？

noun

1. the act of starting a basketball game with a jump ball

   Synonym:    tap-off

2. inside information that something is going to happen