informer

英 [ɪnˈfɔːmə(r)]

美 [ɪnˈfɔːrmər]

n. (向警方或其他当局的)告密者; 线人

复数：informers　

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

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

noun

one who reveals confidential information in return for money
Synonym:betrayerratsquealerblabber

Speak out of turn, and an informer reports you.
你稍微不慎说了一点不适宜的话，会有人打小报告。
Whatever you're paying your informer, it's not enough.
你给线人多少酬劳都是不够的。
An informer denounced him to the police.
检举人已向警方告发他。
How did they find out he was our informer!
他们怎么会知道他是我们的线人？
You said even if I haven't an informer's nature, you'd force me to help you.
你是说就算我没有当线人的天分，你也会逼我帮你的。
You never flipped an informer?
你没有安排过一个线人？
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。
He also publishes the Las Vegas Informer, a free paper that lists telephone numbers for his dancing troupe.
他还出版登有其舞蹈团电话号码的免费报纸《拉斯维加斯快报》。
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 ( as a terrorist).
检举人已向警方告发他（是恐怖分子）。