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.- 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。
- He has been a prominent victim of alleged witch-hunts against whistle-blowers in the NHS.
英英释义
noun
- 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
双语例句
- 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。 - Samsung's accuser is no ordinary whistleblower.
三星的控告者不是一个普通的检举人。 - A separate internal probe into the whistleblower allegations failed to find evidence of systemic corruption but did find isolated cases of wrongdoing that resulted in staff dismissals, GSK said.
GSK表示,对举报人指控展开的一项内部调查未能发现系统性腐败的证据,但确实发现了个别的不当行为,并因此解雇了一些员工。 - Russian president brings end to mystery over whistleblower's whereabouts after days of confusion.
俄罗斯总统结束了多日来对于告密者行踪的各种猜想。 - She called him a whistleblower.
她称宾尼为揭发者。 - 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。 - While the IRS was aware of tax compliance issues related to secret bank accounts in Switzerland and elsewhere, the information provided by the whistleblower formed the basis for unprecedented actions against UBS.
尽管IRS已注意到有关瑞士和其他地方秘密银行账户的税务合规问题,但举报人的信息为针对瑞银的空前大规模诉讼提供了依据。 - 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。 - 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。
