ADVERB | VERB + INFORM | PREPOSITIONADVERB➤merely, simply僅僅通知;只不過告知◇I am not advising you. I am merely informing you of the situation.我不是在給你提建議,我僅僅是把情況告訴你而已。➤regularly (especially BrE) 定期通知▸➤immediately, quickly立即/快速通知▸➤officially (especially BrE) 正式通知▸➤personally親自通知▸➤kindly, politely好心地/禮貌地通知◇Next time you decide to take some action, kindly inform me.你下次再決定採取什麼行動,勞駕通知我一聲。➤bluntly直率地告知◇'I won't do it!' she informed him bluntly.“我才不幹呢!”她直截了當地告訴他。➤calmly, coldly, coolly冷靜地通知;冷淡地告知➤adequately, properly充分地/恰當地通知◇Many people questioned whether patients were informed adequately of the risks.許多人質問有關風險是否充分告知了患者。➤accurately準確地告知➤clearly明確告知◇Students are clearly informed that drugs will not be tolerated.學生被明確告知服用興奮劑是絕對不容許的。➤recently最近告知VERB + INFORM➤be pleased to高興地通知▸➤regret to遺憾地通知◇I regret to inform you that you have been unsuccessful in your application.我遺憾地通知您,您的申請未能成功。➤be required to被要求告知◇The clinic is required to inform the patient about possible alternative treatments.按照要求,診所須告知病人有哪些可供選擇的替代療法。PREPOSITION➤about告知◇efforts to inform young people about the dangers of drugs為使年輕人瞭解毒品危害所作的努力➤of通知◇We will immediately inform you of any changes to the schedule.工作計劃一旦有變,我們將立即通知你們。