[N-COUNT 可数名词]信息提供人 An informant is someone who gives another person a piece of information.
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]同 informer An informant is the same as an informer .
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in·form·ant/ɪnˈfɔːmənt; NAmEɪnˈfɔːrmənt/noun1a person who gives secret information about sb/sth to the police or a newspaper (向警方或报纸)提供消息的人,告密者, 线民SYN
informer
2( technical 术语) a person who gives sb information about sth, for example to help them with their research (为研究等)提供资料的人;合作者◆His informants were middle-class professional women.他的合作者是中产阶级职业妇女。informantinformantsin·form·ant/ɪnˈfɔːmənt; NAmEɪnˈfɔːrmənt/
1someone who secretly gives the police, the army etc information about someone elseSYN informer: One of the witnesses was a paid informant for the FBI.2technical someone who gives information about their language, social customs etc to someone who is studying them
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