whistleblower

英 ['wɪsəlˌbləʊə] 美 ['wɪsəlˌbloʊə]

• n. 告密者；揭发者

英英释义

Noun:

1. an informant who exposes wrongdoing within an organization in the hope of stopping it;

   "the law gives little protection to whistleblowers who feel the public has a right to know what is going on"
   "the whistleblower was fired for exposing the conditions in mental hospitals"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. It means strengthening whistleblower protections for government employees who step forward to report wasteful spending.
   这意味著加强保护政府雇员中挺身报告挥霍浪费的告密者。
2. The guy in the bookstore was a whistleblower who had worked as an accountant in a mid-sized company with government contracts.
   我在书店遇见的那个家伙是一名告密者，曾在一家有政府有合同的中等公司当会计。

近反义词

【近义词】

• whistle-blower 揭发内幕的雇员...
• whistle blower 揭发者