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单词 whistle-blow
释义

whistle-blow

See also: whistleblow and whistle blow

English

Alternative forms

  • whistleblow

Etymology

Back-formation from whistleblowing. or whistleblower.

Verb

whistle-blow (third-person singular simple present whistle-blows, present participle whistle-blowing, simple past whistle-blew, past participle whistle-blown)

  1. (rare) To blow the whistle (on); to report (as a whistleblower).
    • 2002, Kipling D. Williams, Ostracism: The Power of Silence →ISBN, page 201:
      It was at this point that 46 (77%) of the participants whistleblew (in writing) on the cheating confederate.
    • 2012, Cynthia Jeffrey, Research on Professional Responsibility and Ethics →ISBN, page 215:
      Students who had whistle-blown in the past provided fewer reasons not to whistle-blow than other students.
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