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

• 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。
• 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。
• The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, has revealed that the surveillance whistleblower Edward Snowden is indeed in a Moscow airport, ending a global guessing game over the US fugitive's whereabouts.
  俄罗斯总统普京日前称，被严密监控的告密者爱德华斯诺登实际上正身处莫斯科机场，以此结束了全球对于美国逃亡者行踪的猜谜游戏。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• After a whistleblower made allegations against the company last year, GSK first relied on an internal probe with external legal and auditor support.
  在去年举报者提出指控之后，GSK最初依赖于内部调查，辅之以外部法律和审计支持。
• 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。
• 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。