informants

英 [ɪnˈfɔːmənts]

美 [ɪnˈfɔrmənts]

n.  (向警方或报纸)提供消息的人，告密者，线人; (为研究等)提供资料的人; 合作者
informant的复数

柯林斯词典

• 信息提供人
  Aninformantis someone who gives another person a piece of information.
• 同 informer
  Aninformantis the same as aninformer.

双语例句

• Gangs have murdered several children shortly after their releases because of suspicions that they gained their freedom by becoming informants.
  海地犯罪团夥已经谋杀了数名被释放的少年犯，因为犯罪团夥怀疑孩子们是因为泄漏了团夥内幕才重获了自由。
• The informants were anonymous, how did he know who they were?
  告密者是无名氏，他怎么知道告密者是谁？
• We can at least find the identity of the informants.
  我们至少可以知道告密者的身份。
• "In the Spanish-language sessions, informants perceived females as more self-sufficient and extroverted," they said.
  “说西班牙语时，被调查者认为女性更自立、更外向。”研究者说。
• After initial census, births and deaths were reported by village informants and updated monthly by project enumerators.
  经过初步的普查，由各村庄报告人提供具体的出生和死亡人数并由该项目的人口普查员进行每月更新。
• Information leaks can compromise safety of informants and undercover operators and the overall success of investigations.
  资料泄漏不单危及资料提供者及卧底人员的安全，也影响调查的整体成功率。
• In recent years, a kind of media information provider called "People of giving news clues"( or news informants) has appeared in every city of our country.
  近年来，在我国各城市都出现了一类被称作“新闻报料人”（或新闻线人）的媒体信息提供者。
• You mean, wait until all five informants are dead?
  你是说等到五个告密者都死掉？
• They listened to every phone call, every conversation; they had all of their informants.
  他们可以窃听每一个电话，每一次谈话，他们有自己的线人。
• Assholes use taxi drivers as their informants now.
  混蛋们居然用出租车司机当他们的线人。