1、inform

通知;告知

They would inform him of any progress they had made.

他们会把他们取得的任何进步都告诉他。

My daughter informed me that she was pregnant.

我女儿告诉我她怀孕了。

告发;检举

Somebody must have informed on us.

肯定有人告发我们了。

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

数以千计的美国公民检举过这些有组织的犯罪团伙。

赋(思想或特质)于;渗透入

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

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.

玫瑰的概念持续贯穿于诗人的作品中。

2、defection

缺点;缺陷;毛病;瑕疵

He was born with a hearing defect.

他患有先天性听力缺损。

a defect in the aircraft caused the crash.

飞机的一个缺陷导致了这起坠毁事故。

叛逃;背叛;变节;倒戈

He tried to defect to the West last year.

去年他试图叛逃到西方。

He defected from the party in the late 1970s.

他在20世纪70年代后期叛出了该党。