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

• 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。
• Someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police.
  为警察作信息人或欺骗的人。
• You've an informer in your midst.
  在你们中有一个告密的人。
• 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。
• I would never act as an informer against you.
  我永远也不会做对你不利的告密者。
• An informer denounced him to the police.
  检举人已向警方告发他。
• 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 informer has done dirt to her.
  告密者说了她很多坏话。
• Whatever you're paying your informer, it's not enough.
  你给线人多少酬劳都是不够的。
• How did they find out he was our informer!
  他们怎么会知道他是我们的线人？