informer

英 [ɪnˈfɔːmə(r)]

美 [ɪnˈfɔːrmər]

n.  (向警方或其他当局的)告密者; 线人

复数：informers　

GRETEM8法律

Collins.1 / BNC.15395 / COCA.17392

牛津词典

noun

• （向警方或其他当局的）告密者；线人
  a person who gives information to the police or other authority

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 告密者;线人
  Aninformeris a person who tells the police that someone has done something illegal.
  1. ...two men suspected of being police informers.
     被怀疑是警方线人的两名男子

英英释义

noun

• one who reveals confidential information in return for money
  Synonym:betrayerratsquealerblabber

双语例句

• The informer has done dirt to her.
  告密者说了她很多坏话。
• The informer provided very important clues for us.
  线人给我们提供了非常有价值的线报。
• You've an informer in your midst.
  在你们中有一个告密的人。
• It's true that I was an informer, but I didn't kill the daughter.
  我确实是告密者，但是我没有杀死他的女儿。
• You said even if I haven't an informer's nature, you'd force me to help you.
  你是说就算我没有当线人的天分，你也会逼我帮你的。
• He could always claim Sollozzo was an informer he was meeting.
  他随时都可以声称索洛佐是他要去会见的一个告密的人。
• The guy's an informer, an undercover cop or something.
  这人是个卧底或者便衣警察。
• He dreaded being seen by them, I think, as an informer.
  我觉得他是担心被他们视为告密者。
• He also publishes the Las Vegas Informer, a free paper that lists telephone numbers for his dancing troupe.
  他还出版登有其舞蹈团电话号码的免费报纸《拉斯维加斯快报》。
• The method greatly reduces centralized control, enhancing informer cooperation among individual store, distribution center, and suppliers.
  这一方法大大减少了集权控制，加强了各商店、配货中心与供应商之间频繁的非正式合作。