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

• The securities and Exchange Commission began its own whistleblower programme in 2011.
  美国证券交易委员会在2011年创建了自己的告密者计划。
• That law strengthened whistleblower protections against retaliation and provided for financial incentives to report wrongdoing.
  该法案加强了保护告密者不受报复的措施，并向告发不法行为者提供了各种经济奖励。
• 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。
• We know that person is very influential and I believed she was indeed the whistleblower.
  我们知道此人是很有影响力的，我相信她的确是举报者。
• But 68 percent said they were not aware of the new federal whistleblower program, which is being operated by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
  但68%的人说他们不知道联邦政府有这个新告密者项目。该项目是由证券交易委员会运作的。
• 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 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。
• Der Spiegel said it had gained partial access to a top secret NSA document dated 2010 that was obtained by Edward Snowden, an agency contractor turned whistleblower.
  《明镜》称，它看到了一份日期为2010年的NSA绝密文件的一部分，该文件是由NSA前合同工、后来变成泄密者的爱德华•斯诺登（EdwardSnowden）获得的。
• She called him a whistleblower.
  她称宾尼为揭发者。