informant

[in'fɔ:mənt]

n.通知者, 密告者, 为语言研究提供资料的人

例句与用法:

Police hurried to the address supplied by their informant, only to learn that their bird had flown less than an hour before.

警察急忙赶到告密者提供的地址处,只获悉他们要捉的人一小时不到前已逃走了。

A person, especially an informant, who communicates something.

传递信息的人传达某事的人,尤指密告者

The journalist did not want to reveal the identity of his informant.

那个新闻工作者不想透露消息提供人的身分。

词形变化:

名词复数: informalities |

详细释义:

n.[C]

1. 消息(或情报)提供者; 告密者

2. (为语言学调查)提供资料的讲本地话的人