网站首页  词典首页

请输入您要查询的英文单词：

　

单词 informer
释义
informer
noun[C]
uk
/ɪnˈfɔː.mər/us
/ɪnˈfɔːr.mɚ/
apersonwho givesinformationinsecret,especiallyto thepolice:
告密者，举报人；（尤指警方的）线人
Mostpoliceinformersreceivearewardfortheirinformation.大多数警方的线人都会因提供消息而获得报酬。
Synonyms
grass(PERSON)UKslang
rat(PERSON)informal
stool pigeonslangdisapproving
supergrassUK
Compare
blabbermouthinformaldisapproving
finknounUSold-fashionedinformal
tattletaleUS
telltalenounUKdisapproving
informant
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
People who reveal secrets & tell tales
  • big mouth
  • blabbermouth
  • dobber
  • fink
  • grass
  • nark
  • rat
  • rumour-monger
  • scandalmonger
  • scaremonger
  • sneak
  • snitch
  • source
  • stool pigeon
  • supergrass
  • tattletale
  • telltale
  • whistle-blower
(Definition ofinformerfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

informer| American Dictionary

informer
noun[C]
us
/ɪnˈfɔr·mər/
apersonwhotellsesp. thepoliceabout someone’scriminalactivities
(Definition ofinformerfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofinformer

informer
The professionalinformerwas a dubious and thoroughly unreliable dealer in information.
From theCambridge English Corpus
What is not clear from the record, however, is how this unwanted publicity was dealt with by law-enforcement agencies, police handlers, or the informers themselves.
From theCambridge English Corpus
I have proof enough to assure myself of the atrocities which this gang of spies and informers have committed.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Anonymously authored pamphlets were hardly the most serious obstacles that the state's informers and their police partners in licensed crime had to overcome.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The language barrier represented another pressure, since the traveller could be the victim of interpreters or informers.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The second was active surveillance, prevention of crime and an accurate network of informers.
From theCambridge English Corpus
When excise sales were far too low, they intensified their enforcement efforts through police patrols, informers and other tried and true methods.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Many of the new members also acted as informers for the security organs.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Meanwhile, a network of police informers was established, who were paid 'according to the value of their information'.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In order to maintain credibility, informers had to pass information to agencies of sufficient quality to ensure successful conversion into prosecutions.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Such information in high-context societies can, paradoxically, raise the suspicion that theinformeris withholding information or even concealing the truth.
From theCambridge English Corpus
There is no crime in detecting and destroying in war-time, the spy and theinformer.
From theCambridge English Corpus
They claimed that these paragraphs opened the way for physicians to become informers for the police.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Whatever else government informers achieved, they certainly created an atmosphere of intimidation.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Occasionally, culturally camouflaged informers helped achieve significant results.
From theCambridge English Corpus
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/informer##
随便看

　

英汉词典包含213609条英汉翻译词条，涵盖了常用英语单词及词组短语的翻译及用法，是英语学习的必备工具。

　

Copyright © 1999-2024 qbania.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间：2024/12/28 0:00:39