be a fink
He is a fink.
他是一个告密者。
为警方充当线人或诱饵的人;破坏罢工的人;告发人;密告人;[法] 内奸
A person who secretly gives information to the police or acts as a police decoy.
为警方充当线人或诱饵的人
someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police
He was accused of being a fink after he told the boss about the union meeting.
他向老板透露工会会议后,被指责为告密者。
用法提示:fink 作名词,表示告密者、工贼。
The workers called him a fink for crossing the picket line.
工人们因为他越过纠察线而骂他是工贼。
用法提示:fink 作名词,指破坏罢工的人。
Nobody trusts a fink who squeals to the authorities.
没人信任向当局告密的内奸。
用法提示:fink 作名词,指内奸、告密者。
He is a fink.
他是一个告密者。
They called him a fink after he testified.
他作证后,他们叫他内奸。
He acted as a fink for the company during the strike.
罢工期间,他充当了公司的工贼。
grammar · medium
易错句子He is fink.
正确表达He is a fink.
在中英文中,可数名词单数形式前通常需要不定冠词“a/an”来泛指一类事物。这里“fink”是可数名词,表示“告密者”,所以应加“a”表示“一个告密者”。
grammar · medium
易错句子He is a fink of the police.
正确表达He is a fink for the police.
介词“of”表示所属关系,而“for”表示服务对象或目的。当表示“为警方工作的告密者”时,应使用介词“for”,意为“服务于警察”。
snitch 更常用于犯罪团伙内部的告密,而 fink 还可指破坏罢工的人(工贼)。
rat 强调背叛和不可信任,常用于黑帮语境;fink 相对更泛化,但两者都可指告密者。
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