whistleblower

英

美 [ˈwɪsəlˌbloʊər]

n.  告发者;揭发者

复数：whistleblowers　第三人称单数：whistleblowers　

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 告发者;检举者
  Awhistle-bloweris someone who finds out that the organization they are working for is doing something immoral or illegal and tells the authorities or the public about it.
  1. He has been a prominent victim of alleged witch-hunts against whistle-blowers in the NHS.
     他成了英国国民保健制度下所谓追查报复检举者行动的典型牺牲品。

英英释义

noun

• an informant who exposes wrongdoing within an organization in the hope of stopping it
  1. the law gives little protection to whistleblowers who feel the public has a right to know what is going on
  2. the whistleblower was fired for exposing the conditions in mental hospitals
  Synonym:whistle blowerwhistle-blower

双语例句

• They said they had been contacted by a whistleblower on board a state-sponsored whaling ship where crew members were illegally receiving boxes of whale meat.
  他们说，一个由国家赞助捕鲸的船上的举报者联系了他们，举报说：船员们已经非法的接受了整箱的的鲸肉。
• Samsung's accuser is no ordinary whistleblower.
  三星的控告者不是一个普通的检举人。
• I didn't publish this allegation on New Threads until some journalists have identified and contacted the whistleblower, because it is our policy not to publish anonymous allegations.
  在有记者确认并与揭发者联系之前，我没有在新语丝上发表这个指控，因为我们的政策是不发表匿名指控。
• His intent was to act as a whistleblower, not as a spy for a foreign government, he told the magazine.
  他告诉该杂志，他的目的是揭发高密，而不是外国政府间谍。
• The size of the whistleblower rewards announced Wednesday are already having an impact.
  周三公布的结果已经对检举者奖励的尺度产生了影响。
• And this is the age of the whistleblower if they were all crooks, surely they would get caught.
  这是一个告密者盛行的时代，如果这些企业家是骗子的话，一定会被逮住。
• But before we treat Mr Snowden as a heroic whistleblower, it is worth remembering that he has reached out to governments that care little for the rights of their own people.
  但在将斯诺登当作一个英雄般的告密者之前，我们应该记住：他寻求庇护的那些政府，却很少关心本国民众的权利。
• Only after we completed our background investigation on the whistleblower did they reveal the details to us.
  在我们完成了对举报人的背景调查后，他们才向我们透露了细节。
• A copy of the Whistleblower Policy can be obtained from Internal Control department or the Company's Website.
  举报制度和程序可从公司网站或从内控部门处获得。
• Whistleblower Edward Snowden has been elected to the historic position of Rector of the University of Glasgow.
  泄密者爱德华·斯诺登日前被选为格拉斯哥大学学生校长职位。