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

• 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。
• 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。
• Samsung's accuser is no ordinary whistleblower.
  三星的控告者不是一个普通的检举人。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。