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☑️ whistleblower (n.) 吹哨者、告密者、舉報者、爆料者


📖 a person who informs people in authority or the public that the company they work for is doing sth wrong or illegal

➡️ blow the whistle on sb/sth (v.)告發,爆料

===== 慣用語典故=====

最早在19世紀出現這樣的用詞,不過當時單純是指one who blows a whistle(吹哨子的人),到了19世紀末期,這個詞就變得更特定,指的是比賽中的裁判(referee)。但是到的現代英文這兩個意思都不見了,只剩下他比喻的用法:揭發錯誤的吹哨者。

===== 延伸表達=====

🗣truth-teller (n.)講真話的人

🗣tattle (v.) [貶義] 打小報告

🗣tattletale (n.) 告狀的小孩

===== 本集的必備例句 =====

Sexual misconduct also has drawn the attention of Congress and advocacy groups, which called for new whistleblower protections for rank-and-file FBI employees and for an outside entity to review the bureau’s disciplinary cases. – AP, 12 June, 2021

(不正當性行為也引起了國會和倡導團體的注意,他們呼籲為普通 FBI 員工提供新的吹哨者保護,並呼籲外部實體審查該局的紀律案件。)

📈多讀一點點:https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4221750

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