| 释义 |
●blow the ˈwhistle (on sb/sth) (informal) stop sb doing sth illegal or wrong by telling a person in authority about it 检举，揭发（某人／某事）（使某人停止干违法的事或错事）◆One of the police officers blew the whistle on his colleagues when he found out they were taking bribes.
一名警察发现自己的同事受贿后检举了他们。▸ ˈwhistle-blower noun
a person who informs people in authority or the public that the company they work for is doing sth wrong or illegal 检举揭发舞弊内情的人；举报人◆The company has denied a whistle-blower’s allegations of poor security.
这家公司否认了一名检举者有关安全防范薄弱的指控。 NOTE This idiom probably comes from football, where a referee blows a whistle to stop the game when a player breaks the rules. 这个习语或许源于足球。球员犯规时裁判就吹哨中止比赛。 |