N. Amer. informal <北美, 非正式>
1
- an unpleasant or contemptible person, in particular遭人讨厌的人, 可鄙之人, 尤指：
1.1
- a person who informs on people to the authorities告密者, 告发者; 奸细：
he was assumed by some to be the management's fink.
一些人认为他是资方的奸细。
1.2
- dated a strike-breaker〈旧〉破坏罢工者, 工贼。
no obj.
1
fink on
inform on to the authorities告发：there was no shortage of people willing to fink on their neighbours.
愿意告发邻居者总不乏其人。
2
fink out
fail to do something promised or expected because of a lack of courage or commitment（因缺乏勇气或担当而）食言; 背信; 违约：administration officials had finked out.
政府官员背信弃义了。
2.1
- cease to function停止发挥作用, 停止运转：
your immune system begins finking out and you get sick.
如果你的免疫系统开始失去作用, 你就会生病。
词源
late 19th cent.: of unknown origin; perhaps from German, literally 'finch', but also a pejorative term. Students started to refer to non-members of fraternities as finks, probably by association with the freedom of wild birds as opposed to caged ones. The term was later generalized to denote those not belonging to organizations such as trade unions.