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单词 supergrass
释义
supergrass
noun[C]
UK
uk
/ˈsuː.pə.ɡrɑːs/us
/ˈsuː.pɚ.ɡræs/
aperson,especiallyacriminal, who gives thepolicea lot ofinformationabout theactivitiesofcriminals,especiallyseriousones
向警方告密者，举报人（尤指揭发其他重案犯的罪犯）
Compare
finknounUSold-fashionedinformal
sneaknoun(PERSON)UKinformaldisapproving
snitchnouninformaldisapproving
stool pigeonslangdisapproving
telltalenounUKdisapproving
tattletaleUS
See also
grassnoun
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
People who reveal secrets & tell tales
  • big mouth
  • blabbermouth
  • dobber
  • fink
  • grass
  • informer
  • nark
  • rat
  • rumour-monger
  • scandalmonger
  • scaremonger
  • sneak
  • snitch
  • source
  • stool pigeon
  • tattletale
  • telltale
  • whistle-blower
(Definition ofsupergrassfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsupergrass

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There was neither a shortage of ' supergrasses ', nor of confessions of various kinds.
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Sadly, they have been incarcerated through the alleged evidence of the supergrasses.
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What must be said is that by the very nature of past history asupergrassmust be an unsavoury character.
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There has been increasing popular disquiet concerning the reliability of supergrasses.
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There are no cases currently pending which would result in the reintroduction of so-called "supergrasstrials".
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I hope that we shall be told about the rumours of unconditional immunities for supergrasses.
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This legislation inevitably produced the nightmare of the "supergrasses".
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It is a question of the whole reliability of evidence from supergrasses.
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This is why our judges have condemned the immunity given to some of the "supergrasses" recently.
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How pleased we would all be if asupergrasswould turn up.
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First, since 1981 the police have sought to rely very heavily on the evidence of thesupergrassin the enforcement of the security system.
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It is understandable that some of the people turned to becoming supergrasses—and, by the way, the term "supergrass" is particularly offensive to me.
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It shows that it is working and supergrasses have gone.
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We are asking any judge to bear too great a burden, especially in thesupergrasstrials, where there can be up to 41 defendants.
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That is true of some practices associated with what have come to be called thesupergrasstrials.
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