Informant

(noun.) a person who supplies information.

编辑:罗比

• He asked his informant, the butler, whether the doctor had been sent for. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• When I exclaimed that this appeared rather inhuman, he [the informant] answered, 'Why, what can be done? 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• Old Bailey spy, returned his informant. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• Ere many minutes had elapsed, I was again on my feet, however, and again searching something--a resource, or at least an informant. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• He looked at his informant for full a quarter of a minute, and appeared to have the surprise in his mind all the time. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• His papers are burned, his effects are removed, and his quarters are being got ready for the Duke of Dalmatia, Jos's informant replied. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• The trooper thanks his informant and rides slowly on, looking about him. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.

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