informer

英 [ɪnˈfɔːmə(r)]

美 [ɪnˈfɔːrmər]

n.  (向警方或其他当局的)告密者; 线人

复数：informers　

GRETEM8法律

Collins.1 / BNC.15395 / COCA.17392

牛津词典

noun

• （向警方或其他当局的）告密者；线人
  a person who gives information to the police or other authority

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 告密者;线人
  Aninformeris a person who tells the police that someone has done something illegal.
  1. ...two men suspected of being police informers.
     被怀疑是警方线人的两名男子

英英释义

noun

• one who reveals confidential information in return for money
  Synonym:betrayerratsquealerblabber

双语例句

• The stutterer spoke of an informer. here* At the mill.
  那个结巴说这里，磨坊里有一个内奸。
• However, the legitimacy of the informer of criminal investigation is suspected because of its secret and infringement of right.
  但是由于其实施的秘密性与易侵权性，其正当性也遭到了质疑。
• You've an informer in your midst.
  在你们中有一个告密的人。
• He also publishes the Las Vegas Informer, a free paper that lists telephone numbers for his dancing troupe.
  他还出版登有其舞蹈团电话号码的免费报纸《拉斯维加斯快报》。
• Whatever you're paying your informer, it's not enough.
  你给线人多少酬劳都是不够的。
• An informer denounced him to the police.
  检举人已向警方告发他。
• The group claimed that he was an informer to the secret police.
  那群人声称他专事向秘密警察告密。
• It's true that I was an informer, but I didn't kill the daughter.
  我确实是告密者，但是我没有杀死他的女儿。
• An informer denounced him to the police ( as a terrorist).
  检举人已向警方告发他（是恐怖分子）。
• He dreaded being seen by them, I think, as an informer.
  我觉得他是担心被他们视为告密者。