apprise
verb (formal)- apprise somebody of something
to tell or inform somebody of something 通知;告知 He saw no reason to apprise the committee of what had happened. 他认为没有理由向委员会通报所发生的事情。 We were fully apprised of the situation. 我们完全获悉当时的情况。
Word Originlate 17th cent.: from French appris, apprise, past participle of apprendre ‘learn, teach’, from Latin apprehendere ‘seize, grasp’, from ad- ‘towards’ + prehendere ‘lay hold of’.