informer
英 [ɪn'fɔːmə]
美[ɪn'fɔrmɚ]
- n. 告密者；通知者；控告人
词态变化
复数: informers;
中文词源
informer 线人
来自inform,通知。引申词义线人。
英文词源
- informer (n.)
- late 14c., enfourmer "instructor, teacher," native agent noun from inform and also from Old French enformeor. Meaning "one who gives information against another" (especially in reference to law-breaking) is c. 1500.
双语例句
- 1. Prentice saw Goss fall in behind the informer.
- 普伦蒂斯看见戈斯走在密探身后。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The police provided a safe house for the informer.
- 警方给线人提供了一个安全屋.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. One of the gang members had turned informer.
- 团夥中的一员后来变成了告密者.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. The gang leader decided that the informer must be taken for a ride.
- 歹徒头目决定要将告密者用汽车绑架去干掉.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. 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.
来自教父部分