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。
• Only after we completed our background investigation on the whistleblower did they reveal the details to us.
  在我们完成了对举报人的背景调查后，他们才向我们透露了细节。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• His intent was to act as a whistleblower, not as a spy for a foreign government, he told the magazine.
  他告诉该杂志，他的目的是揭发高密，而不是外国政府间谍。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。