1、inform

通知;告知

They would inform him of any progress they had made.

他們會把他們取得的任何進步都告訴他。

My daughter informed me that she was pregnant.

我女兒告訴我她懷孕了。

告發;檢舉

Somebody must have informed on us.

肯定有人告發我們了。

Thousands of American citizens have informed on these organized crime syndicates.

數以千計的美國公民檢舉過這些有組織的犯罪團伙。

賦(思想或特質)于;滲透入

All great songs are informed by a certain sadness and tension.

所有很棒的歌曲都透著某種悲傷和張力。

The concept of the Rose continued to inform the poet's work.

玫瑰的概念持續貫穿于詩人的作品中。

2、defection

缺點;缺陷;毛病;瑕疵

He was born with a hearing defect.

他患有先天性聽力缺損。

a defect in the aircraft caused the crash.

飛機的一個缺陷導致了這起墜毀事故。

叛逃;背叛;變節;倒戈

He tried to defect to the West last year.

去年他試圖叛逃到西方。

He defected from the party in the late 1970s.

他在20世紀70年代后期叛出了該黨。