| 词汇 | supergrass |
| 释义 | supergrass noun[ C ] UKuk /ˈsuː.pə.ɡrɑːs/ us /ˈsuː.pɚ.ɡræs/ a person, especially a criminal, who gives the police a lot of information about the activities of criminals, especially serious ones向警方告密者，举报人（尤指揭发其他重案犯的罪犯） Compare finknounUSold-fashionedinformal sneaknoun(PERSON)UKinformaldisapproving snitchnouninformaldisapproving stool pigeonslangdisapproving telltalenounUKdisapproving tattletaleUS See also grassnoun People who reveal secrets & tell tales big mouth blabbermouth dobber fink grass informer nark rat rumour-monger scandalmonger scaremonger sneak snitch source stool pigeon tattletale telltale whistle-blower Examples of supergrasssupergrass There was neither a shortage of ' supergrasses ', nor of confessions of various kinds. Sadly, they have been incarcerated through the alleged evidence of the supergrasses. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What must be said is that by the very nature of past history a supergrass must be an unsavoury character. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There has been increasing popular disquiet concerning the reliability of supergrasses. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There are no cases currently pending which would result in the reintroduction of so-called "supergrass trials". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I hope that we shall be told about the rumours of unconditional immunities for supergrasses. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This legislation inevitably produced the nightmare of the "supergrasses". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is a question of the whole reliability of evidence from supergrasses. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This is why our judges have condemned the immunity given to some of the "supergrasses" recently. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 How pleased we would all be if a supergrass would turn up. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 First, since 1981 the police have sought to rely very heavily on the evidence of the supergrass in the enforcement of the security system. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is understandable that some of the people turned to becoming supergrasses—and, by the way, the term "supergrass" is particularly offensive to me. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It shows that it is working and supergrasses have gone. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are asking any judge to bear too great a burden, especially in the supergrass trials, where there can be up to 41 defendants. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is true of some practices associated with what have come to be called the supergrass trials. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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