(1)消息，资料，情况，情报，知识，信息(facts told，heard or discovered)[U] [N(on/about)]：give/offer/collect/pass on/receive/obtain/gather/find～on (about) sb (sth) 提供/主动提供/收集/传递/收到/获得/搜集/发现关于某人(某事)的情况;classify～according to... 按……将资料(信息)分类;divulge/leak～泄漏情报;feed～into a computer 向计算机输入信息;retrieve～from a computer 从计算机获取信息;select and organize the scattered～about ... 挑选和整理有关……的分散的资料;supply accurate/up-to-date/detailed/exhaustive/firsthand/reliable/useful/valuable～提供准确/最新/详细/详尽/第一手/可靠/有用/有价值的资料(信息);classified/confidential/military/commercial/scientific and technological/war～机密/秘密/军事/商业/科技/战事情报;a very useful piece of～一份非常有用的情报;We received(had)～that you had arrived/that she had returned to this country. 我们收到(得到)你已到达/她已返回这个国家的消息了。 This book is a mine of～on matters scientific，legal，etc. 这本书是科学、法律等方面的知识宝库。 For further～please write to ... 如愿了解进一步的情况，请写信给……(欲知详情，请致信……); an～bureau/desk/centre 情报局/问讯处/信息中心;～theory/sciences/technology 信息论/科学/技术;

(2)通知，告知(informing or being informed)[U]：I enclose for your～a copy of... 附上……的副本，供你参考。 For your～only. 仅供参考。 I am perfectly recovered from my illness，for your～. 我完全恢复了健康，特此奉告。 My～is that she has gone to Beijing.(fml) 据我所知她已经去了北京。

←in′form v;

→͵infor′mational adj(提供)情报的