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 SEC says the new whistleblower rules, which became effective on August 12, resulted in 334 complaints through the end of September.
美国证券交易委员会称,新的告密者条例于8月12日生效,到9月底已经收到了334份控诉。 - But on its official account on Sina Weibo, the Chinese microblogging site, Xinhua appeared to endorse the actions of the media whistleblower who first raised concerns about Mr Liu.
然而在中国微博网站新浪微博(Weibo)的新华社官方账户上,新华社似乎认可了首先引起人们对刘铁男关注的媒体告密者的行为。 - 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 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。 - 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。 - The Americans have had a Fifa whistleblower, Chuck Blazer, helping them amass large volumes of evidence.
美国人这次得到告密者ChuckBlazer的帮助,他帮忙收集了大量的证据。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。