informant 详细解释

informant

[in'fɔ:mənt]

n.通知者, 密告者, 为语言研究提供资料的人

词形变化

名词复数: informalities |

词义辨析

同义参见:

communicant  monitor  

英英释义

名词 informant:

a person who supplies information

同义词：source

someone who sees an event and reports what happened

同义词：witness, witnesser

补充

informantinformant英:[inˈfɔ:mənt] 美:[ɪnˈfɔrmənt]n.1.报告者, 告密者

例句

1. Shirley was not the most reliable of informants.雪莉不是最可靠的消息提供者。 2. Most often, when informants rang offering the 'true facts', it was because they had an axe to grind.在大多数情况下, 当告密者打电话提供“真相”时, 那是因为他们别有企图。 3. The journalist refused to name his informant.这个记者拒绝透露提供消息的人是谁。 4. The police were alerted to the plot by a paid informant.警方通过线人得知了那个阴谋。 5. We learned the language with the help of a native informant.我们在当地人的帮助下学会了那种语言。

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