| 词汇 | whistle-blower |
| 释义 | whistle-blower noun[ C ] uk /ˈwɪs.əlˌbləʊ.ər/ us /ˈwɪs.əlˌbloʊ.ɚ/ a person who tells someone in authority about something illegal that is happening, especially in a government department or a company（尤指政府部门或公司里的）告发者，揭发者 People who reveal secrets & tell tales big mouth blabbermouth dobber fink grass informer nark rat rumour-monger scandalmonger scaremonger sneak snitch source stool pigeon supergrass tattletale telltale whistle-blower | American Dictionarywhistle-blower noun[ C ] us/ˈhwɪs·əlˌbloʊ·ər, ˈwɪs-/ a person who tells someone in authority about something illegal that is happening, esp. in a business or government whistle-blower | Business Englishwhistle-blower noun[ C ] WORKPLACE (alsowhistleblower)ukus a person who works for a company or organization that tells an authority about something illegal happening within the company or organization: Within many organisations a whistleblower is contemptuously regarded as a 'grass' or 'sneak'. whistle-blowingnoun[ U ] Local authorities should have clear procedures to encourage staff whistleblowing. See alsogagging clause Examples of whistle-blowerwhistle-blower He cannot work because he has been identified as the whistle-blower. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If he is a whistle-blower, he cannot do the two things. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It seemed to us that it was equally important to try to protect the trustee whistle-blower in this situation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The arrangement would be completely secret; the investor would never know the name of the company or the whistle-blower. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The lack of whistle-blower protection law also undermines the government's anti-corruption efforts. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The organization seems to put all their efforts into destroying the whistle-blower while ignoring the original problem. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. She also acted as a whistle-blower against police corruption in the 1980s. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He has said he's had trouble finding another position because employers are wary of hiring a known whistle-blower. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These amendments are not intended to be a whistle-blower's charter. 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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