informant
英 [ɪnˈfɔːmənt]
美 [ɪnˈfɔːrmənt]
n. (向警方或报纸)提供消息的人，告密者，线人; (为研究等)提供资料的人; 合作者
复数：informants
Collins.1 / BNC.9022 / COCA.7105
牛津词典
noun
- （向警方或报纸）提供消息的人，告密者，线人
a person who gives secret information about sb/sth to the police or a newspaper - （为研究等）提供资料的人；合作者
a person who gives sb information about sth, for example to help them with their research- His informants were middle-class professional women.
他的合作者是中产阶级职业妇女。
- His informants were middle-class professional women.
柯林斯词典
- 信息提供人
Aninformantis someone who gives another person a piece of information. - 同 informer
Aninformantis the same as aninformer.
英英释义
noun
- a person who supplies information
- someone who sees an event and reports what happened
双语例句
- They let him walk as a situated informant.
他们后来放他走了，但要他做线人。 - The informant that was killed yesterday? I was there.
告密者昨天被杀了，我在场。 - Any idea why your informant wanted you killed?
你的线民为什么要杀你吗？ - Do you have any idea why your informant wanted to have you killed?
知道为什么你的线人想害死你吗？ - The informant is expected to provide the information about the deceased.
希望义务报告人提供关于死者的情况。 - He wasn't my buddy, he was an informant.
他不是我朋友，他是线民。 - It is confiscated or given to the informant.
会被没收或者给与告密者。 - A mysterious informant called "Deep Throat" blew the whistle on the Watergate scandal.
一位自称「深喉咙」的神秘告密者揭发了水门丑闻案的内幕。 - They suspect you to be the informant.
他们怀疑你是告密者。 - Your informant's on the phone.
那个线人打电话找你。