Significato: acute infection

Infezione acuta

inf Idioma

information leak

(See have a leak)

inside information

facts available to those inside an organization I can get inside information. My friend works for the FBI.

info

information

inferior to

worse than 劣于…
Woman is inferior to man in running．讲赛跑，女人不如男人。

inform…of

tell告诉
Have you informed them of your intended departure？你已经把准备离开的事告诉他们了吗？

under the influence of alcohol

Idiom(s): under the influence (of alcohol)

Theme: DRUNK

drunk; nearly drunk; affected by alcohol.
• She behaves quite rudely when under the influence of alcohol.
• Ed was stopped by a police officer for driving while under the influence.

gold mine of information

Idiom(s): gold mine of information

Theme: KNOWLEDGE

someone or something that is full of information.
• Grandfather is a gold mine of information about World War I.
• The new encyclopedia is a positive gold mine of useful information.

Worm information

If you worm information out of somebody, you persuade them to tell you something they wanted to keep from you.

a skinflint

someone who doesn't want to spend money: "She reuses tea bags - she's such a skinflint!"

informal

Hardly; unlikely; not so. Would I marry him? In a pig's eye.

mine of information|information|mine

n. phr. A person, a book, etc., that is a valuable source of information. A dictionary can be a mine of information. He is a mine of information on the stock market.

draw an inference

draw an inference
Conclude, as in From his wording, we can draw the inference that he disapproves. This idiom is a long-winded way of saying infer. [Late 1600s]

inference

inference
see draw an inference.

infinite

infinite
the Infinite (Being)
God

infinity

infinity
to infinity
without limit or end

influence

influence
see under the influence.

information

information
see under gold mine.

infringe

infringe
infringe on
or infringe upon
to break in on; encroach or trespass on to infringe upon their right to privacy

under the influence

under the influence
Impaired functioning owing to alcohol consumption, as in He was accused of driving under the influence. This expression, from legal jargon, is short for under the influence of intoxicating liquor and implies that one is not completely drunk. Since it is nearly always applied to drivers suspected or so accused, it has given rise to the police acronym DUI, for “driving under the influence.” [Second half of 1800s]