单词 | informer |
释义 | informer (once / 2642 pages) n WORD FAMILY informer: informers+/inform: informant, information, informative, informatory, informed, informer, informing, informs, misinform/informant: informants/information: disinformation, informational, informations/informative: informatively, uninformative/informed: informedly, uninformed/misinform: misinformation, misinformed, misinforming, misinforms/misinformation: misinformations/uninformative: uninformatively USAGE EXAMPLESAfter a brief stand-off, and the man lifting his shirt to show he wasn’t wearing explosives, he became the latest informer. Seattle Times(Nov 27, 2016) Over the years, agents and informers kept track of Mr. Mesches’s day-to-day activities, reporting to headquarters on matters large and small. New York Times(Nov 09, 2016) The gruesome public display of the bodies in east Mosul appeared to be a warning against other potential informers. Reuters(Nov 09, 2016) n one who reveals confidential information in return for money Syn|Hypo|Hyper betrayer, blabber, rat, squealer canary, fink, sneak, sneaker, snitch, snitcher, stool pigeon, stoolie, stoolpigeon someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police copper's nark, narkan informer or spy working for the police grass, supergrassa police informer who implicates many people informant, source a person who supplies information |
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