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whistleblower

英美 ['hwɪsəl,bloɚ]

解释

告发者；检举者

※ 提供单词"whistleblower"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

英文词源

whistleblower (n.): also whistle-blower, 1963 in the figurative sense, American English, from whistle (n.) as something sounded in an alert + agent noun from blow (v.1).

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例句和用法

1. Often , though, it is the whistleblower's own career that suffers most.: 尽管, 检举的结果常常是自己的事业影响最大.

2. The whistleblower was fired for exposing the conditions in mental hospitals.: 告密者由于泄漏精神病院的情况而被解雇.

3. The Liberals first raised the notion of whistleblower legislation in the fall of 2003.: 自由党在2003年秋天首度提及立法保护吹哨者的观念.