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

• 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。
• A copy of the Whistleblower Policy can be obtained from Internal Control department or the Company's Website.
  举报制度和程序可从公司网站或从内控部门处获得。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。