whistleblower
英 [ˈwɪs.əlˌbləʊ.ər]
美 [ˈwɪs.əlˌbloʊ.ɚ]
- 告发者；检举者
英语词源
- whistleblower (n.)
- also whistle-blower, 1963 in the figurative sense, American English, from whistle (n.) as something sounded in an alert + agent noun from blow (v.1).
权威例句
- 1. Often , though, it is the whistleblower's own career that suffers most.
- 尽管, 检举的结果常常是自己的事业影响最大.
- 2. The whistleblower was fired for exposing the conditions in mental hospitals.
- 告密者由于泄漏精神病院的情况而被解雇.
- 3. The Liberals first raised the notion of whistleblower legislation in the fall of 2003.
- 自由党在2003年秋天首度提及立法保护吹哨者的观念.