whistleblower

英

美 [ˈwɪsəlˌbloʊər]

n.  告发者;揭发者

复数：whistleblowers　第三人称单数：whistleblowers　

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 告发者;检举者
  Awhistle-bloweris someone who finds out that the organization they are working for is doing something immoral or illegal and tells the authorities or the public about it.
  1. He has been a prominent victim of alleged witch-hunts against whistle-blowers in the NHS.
     他成了英国国民保健制度下所谓追查报复检举者行动的典型牺牲品。

英英释义

noun

• an informant who exposes wrongdoing within an organization in the hope of stopping it
  1. the law gives little protection to whistleblowers who feel the public has a right to know what is going on
  2. the whistleblower was fired for exposing the conditions in mental hospitals
  Synonym:whistle blowerwhistle-blower

双语例句

• While the IRS was aware of tax compliance issues related to secret bank accounts in Switzerland and elsewhere, the information provided by the whistleblower formed the basis for unprecedented actions against UBS.
  尽管IRS已注意到有关瑞士和其他地方秘密银行账户的税务合规问题，但举报人的信息为针对瑞银的空前大规模诉讼提供了依据。
• The board should also review the way it monitors and handles whistleblower complaints.
  董事会还应当评估监控、处理举报者投诉的方式。
• That law strengthened whistleblower protections against retaliation and provided for financial incentives to report wrongdoing.
  该法案加强了保护告密者不受报复的措施，并向告发不法行为者提供了各种经济奖励。
• And this is the age of the whistleblower if they were all crooks, surely they would get caught.
  这是一个告密者盛行的时代，如果这些企业家是骗子的话，一定会被逮住。
• Russian president brings end to mystery over whistleblower's whereabouts after days of confusion.
  俄罗斯总统结束了多日来对于告密者行踪的各种猜想。
• I didn't publish this allegation on New Threads until some journalists have identified and contacted the whistleblower, because it is our policy not to publish anonymous allegations.
  在有记者确认并与揭发者联系之前，我没有在新语丝上发表这个指控，因为我们的政策是不发表匿名指控。
• A copy of the Whistleblower Policy can be obtained from Internal Control department or the Company's Website.
  举报制度和程序可从公司网站或从内控部门处获得。
• From another perspective, it can harm the whistleblower and the company.
  从另外一个角度看，它会伤害到个人和组织。
• Der Spiegel said it had gained partial access to a top secret NSA document dated 2010 that was obtained by Edward Snowden, an agency contractor turned whistleblower.
  《明镜》称，它看到了一份日期为2010年的NSA绝密文件的一部分，该文件是由NSA前合同工、后来变成泄密者的爱德华•斯诺登（EdwardSnowden）获得的。
• But before we treat Mr Snowden as a heroic whistleblower, it is worth remembering that he has reached out to governments that care little for the rights of their own people.
  但在将斯诺登当作一个英雄般的告密者之前，我们应该记住：他寻求庇护的那些政府，却很少关心本国民众的权利。