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

• Samsung's accuser is no ordinary whistleblower.
  三星的控告者不是一个普通的检举人。
• 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。
• Whistleblower Edward Snowden has been elected to the historic position of Rector of the University of Glasgow.
  泄密者爱德华·斯诺登日前被选为格拉斯哥大学学生校长职位。
• The securities and Exchange Commission began its own whistleblower programme in 2011.
  美国证券交易委员会在2011年创建了自己的告密者计划。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• His reward is believed to be the largest bestowed on a whistleblower.
  据信，他获得的奖励是举报人受到嘉奖最多的一次。
• 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。