每日一句
I blew the whistle on the whole thing.
我把整件事都抖落出来了。
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名词whistle的一个主要意思就是警哨、警笛,动词短语blow the whistle(吹哨子)沿袭下来的意义就表示“告密,揭发,检举(不正当行为)”,是个俚语。由此形成的一个名词“告发”就是whistleblowing,“告密者”就是whistleblower。
例句:
Someone has blown the whistle on his doctoring the accounts.
有人告发他伪造帐目。
It’s said that those government officials who had blown the whistle also got transferred.
据说检举这个事的政府官员也被调职了。
每日谚语
Knowledge makes humble, ignorance makes proud.
博学使人谦逊,无知使人骄傲。
活学活用:ignorance
Ignorance of the law excuses no man.
[谚]不知法不能作为免罪的口实。
keep in ignorance
使无知; 使不明真相
plead ignorance
声称不知
Where ignorance is bliss, it is folly to be wise.
[谚]该糊涂的时候就要糊涂; 难得糊涂。