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

• 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。
• The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, has revealed that the surveillance whistleblower Edward Snowden is indeed in a Moscow airport, ending a global guessing game over the US fugitive's whereabouts.
  俄罗斯总统普京日前称，被严密监控的告密者爱德华斯诺登实际上正身处莫斯科机场，以此结束了全球对于美国逃亡者行踪的猜谜游戏。
• 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。
• From another perspective, it can harm the whistleblower and the company.
  从另外一个角度看，它会伤害到个人和组织。
• His reward is believed to be the largest bestowed on a whistleblower.
  据信，他获得的奖励是举报人受到嘉奖最多的一次。
• 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 board should also review the way it monitors and handles whistleblower complaints.
  董事会还应当评估监控、处理举报者投诉的方式。
• 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。
• 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。
• She called him a whistleblower.
  她称宾尼为揭发者。