(1)告诉(知)，通知(tell;give knowledge to)[T+n，T+n+prep(of/about)，D+n+that，D+n+wh，D+n+wh-inf]：If you see an accident，please～the police. 如果你看到发生了事故，请通知警察。～sb of one's decision/one's intention/the result/the fact/the new developments/what has happened/how one is getting on with one's work 告诉某人自己的决定/自己的意图/结果/事实/新的进展/发生了什么事/自己的工作进展的情况;～sb of one's arrival/the change of one's address 把自己的到来/地址变动通知某人;be officially/wrongly～ed about the matter 得到关于此事的正式/错误的通知;be well～ed about sth对某事消息灵通;keep sb well～ed of/about sth 使某人随时了解某事的情况;She～ed him that she was thinking of entering medical school/her sister had left for Europe. 她告诉他她想上医学院/她妹妹已经去欧洲了。 Please～us where he lives/how you are getting on with your experiment. 请告诉我们他住在哪儿/你的实验进行得怎么样了。 Can you～us how to find the post office/where to go? 你能告诉我们到邮局怎么走/该去哪儿吗?

(2)告发(密)(give information that causes a person to be arrested or accused)[I+prep(against/on)]： The thief who was caught～ed on (against) the others/his accomplices. 那个被捕的小偷告发了别人/他的同伙。 He went to the police and～ed against (on) a suspicious person/the criminals/the killer. 他到警察局告发了一个可疑的人/那些罪犯/杀人犯。

(3)使有基本特色，充满(give essential features to;fill)[T+n](fml)：The sense of justice～s all her writings. 她的所有作品中洋溢着正义感。 His poems are～ed with sincerity. 他的诗中充满了真诚。～sb with new life/beauty 赋予某人新生/美丽;

→in′formative adj 提供消息(知识)的;in′formed adj 消息灵通的;im′formant n 提供消息或情报者;in′former n 告发(密)者;͵infor′mation n