late 14c., enfourmer "instructor, teacher," native agent noun from inform and also from Old French enformeor. Meaning "one who gives information against another" (especially in reference to law-breaking) is c. 1500.
雙語例句
1. Prentice saw Goss fall in behind the informer.
普倫蒂斯看見戈斯走在密探身后。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The police provided a safe house for the informer.
警方給線人提供了一個安全屋.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. One of the gang members had turned informer.
團夥中的一員后來變成了告密者.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. The gang leader decided that the informer must be taken for a ride.
歹徒頭目決定要將告密者用汽車綁架去干掉.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
5. He could always claim Sollozzo was an informer he was meeting.