当局在疫情之初几乎没有透露关于新型冠状病毒的有用信息。

The authorities disclosed little useful information about the spread of COVID-19 at the beginning of the outbreak.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 当局 dāngjú authorities
2 在 zài
  1. to exist; to be alive
  2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at
  3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
3 疫情 yìqíng epidemic situation
4 之 zhī
  1. (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的 de)
  2. him
  3. her
  4. it
5 初 chū
  1. at first
  2. (at the) beginning
  3. first
  4. junior
  5. basic
6 几乎 jīhū almost; nearly; practically
7 没有 méiyǒu
  1. haven't
  2. hasn't
  3. doesn't exist
  4. to not have
  5. to not be
8 透露 tòulù
  1. to leak out
  2. to divulge
  3. to reveal
9 关于 guānyú
  1. pertaining to
  2. concerning
  3. with regard to
  4. about
  5. a matter of
10 新型冠状病毒 xīnxíngguānzhuàngbìngdú novel coronavirus (esp. SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing COVID-19)
=11 的 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 pígéde "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. dì or di in poetry and songs
=11 的 dī a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì)
=11 的 dí really and truly
=11 的 dì (bound form) bull's-eye; target
12 有用 yǒuyòng useful
13 信息 xìnxī
  1. information
  2. news
  3. message