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

• 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》。
• Prentice saw Goss fall in behind the informer.
  普伦蒂斯看见戈斯走在密探身后。
• The guy's an informer, an undercover cop or something.
  这人是个卧底或者便衣警察。
• 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。
• I would never act as an informer against you.
  我永远也不会做对你不利的告密者。
• Now they know of things only an informer could have told them.
  他们知道了一些事情，除非是叛徒告诉他们的。
• 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。
• An informer denounced him to the police.
  检举人已向警方告发他。
• Whatever you're paying your informer, it's not enough.
  你给线人多少酬劳都是不够的。
• The informer's told us where the command bunker is.
  情报员告诉了我们他们的司令部在哪里。