informant

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n. 提供消息者, 密告者, 被调查者 [经] 填报人, 被征询人

发音

UK /ɪnˈfɔːmənt/
US /ɪnˈfɔɹmənt/

词形变化

informants 复数 informants

教材释义与例句

名词

被调查者；告密者；提供消息者

释义与例句

n. C2
  1. 1.

    One who relays confidential information to someone, especially to the police; an informer.

    提供消息的人

    告密者

    线人

    举报人

    检举人

  2. 2.

    A native speaker who acts as a linguistic reference for a language being studied. The informant demonstrates native pronunciation, provides grammaticality judgments regarding linguistic well-formedness, and may also explain cultural references and other important contextual information.

    语言学

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

witness source witnesser

上位词 10

speaker observer talker communicator beholder perceiver percipient utterer verbaliser verbalizer

下位词 10

rat informer betrayer blabber whistle-blower squealer attester deponent deposer leaker

相关短语

confidential informant

词源

From inform + -ant.

来源：wiktionary