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词汇 fink
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Definition of fink in English:

fink

noun fɪŋkfɪŋk
North American informal
  • 1An unpleasant or contemptible person.

    遭人讨厌的人,可鄙之人,尤指

    Example sentencesExamples
    • And while we're talking definitions, perhaps the five-star fink who took my display would like to brush up on the definition of good citizenship.
    • Well, somehow the sneaky fink hacked my computer login and was using my computer to download the most horrible and pathetic porn out there.
    • But what makes the documentary Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room more riveting than anything Hollywood could dream up is all the damning footage those deluded finks left behind.
    • You are a rat fink who should be tarred and feathered.
    Synonyms
    scoundrel, villain, rogue, rascal, brute, animal, weasel, snake, monster, ogre, wretch, devil, good-for-nothing, reprobate, wrongdoer, evil-doer
    1. 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。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Looking back, I saw two sets of feet: my mother's slippered ones, and the small pink toes of the fink who told on me.
      • You really are deluded if you go on believing in your ‘hero’ in the face of all the evidence that he's a fink, and a not very bright one at that.
      • I'm not a rat fink squealer! You think I'm going to tell you anything that would put my friends at risk?
      • What a fink. I can't believe he practically put the candy in my pockets and now he's taking me down with him.
      • We are in the Eggshell Era, in which everyone has to tiptoe around because there's a world of busybodies out there who are being paid to catch you out - and a public that is slowly being trained to accept a culture of finks.
      • The social set is torn between pegging him as a total rat fink or a noble whistle-blower.
      • Could you deal with the fallout if she discovered you're the the fink who told?
      Synonyms
      informer, betrayer, stool pigeon
    2. 1.2dated A strike-breaker.
      〈旧〉破坏罢工者,工贼
      Example sentencesExamples
      • And a little blond feller, I don't know who he was, yelled, ‘Hey, there's a fink here, starting to move goods!’
      • We took some of our best militant workers, entered the plant and drove the finks out.
      • There were a few door guards to protect the ‘finks’.
verb fɪŋkfɪŋk
[no object]North American informal
  • 1fink onInform on (someone) to the authorities.

    告密者,告发者;奸细

    there was no shortage of people willing to fink on their neighbours

    愿意告发邻居者总不乏其人。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He also made clear to his client that he would not fink on anyone in the Scene.
    • Padre Amaro, the young saving grace reformer, is in actuality a power mad vacuum, able to use a nubile young woman to satisfy his carnal desires as he finks on those within his order who would do the same.
    • On the other hand, you don't want to die - and nobody will ever know that you finked on your friends.
    • Giussepe is unaware of the reasons why Pasquale finked on his brother and despises him for it.
    • Charged with obscenity, the 60-year-old professor not only fearfully complied with the cops but immediately finked on two friends.
    Synonyms
    inform, inform against, inform on, act as an informer, tell tales, tell tales on, sneak, sneak on, report, give away, be disloyal, be disloyal to, sell out, stab in the back
  • 2fink outFail to do something promised or expected.

    administration officials had finked out

    政府官员背信弃义了。

    we felt like he finked out on us
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Candice almost finks out of helping by saying she's ‘got to work with anorexics.’
    • In all, six of Chelsea's best players finked out.
    • He was supposed to come by last night, but he finked out for some reason.
    • The crew was fabulous, the cast was great, no one finked out, everybody was there.
    • Of an initial infusion of five million dollars, $250,000 per worm has been assigned as bounty to whoever finks out the authors.
    1. 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。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • The last thing I want is to wake up my kid, take her to the neighbors, drive 45 minutes to the Birth Center, stay up until 4 am and then just have to come home because my body finks out again.
      • He said if it finked out again, they'd fix it again.
      • It seems to get through syncing with the Address Book before it finks out.

Origin

Late 19th century: 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.

Rhymes

bethink, blink, brink, cinque, clink, dink, drink, Frink, gink, ink, interlink, jink, kink, link, mink, pink, plink, prink, rink, shrink, sink, skink, slink, stink, sync, think, wink, zinc

Definition of fink in US English:

fink

nounfɪŋkfiNGk
North American informal
  • 1An unpleasant or contemptible person.

    遭人讨厌的人,可鄙之人,尤指

    Example sentencesExamples
    • You are a rat fink who should be tarred and feathered.
    • And while we're talking definitions, perhaps the five-star fink who took my display would like to brush up on the definition of good citizenship.
    • But what makes the documentary Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room more riveting than anything Hollywood could dream up is all the damning footage those deluded finks left behind.
    • Well, somehow the sneaky fink hacked my computer login and was using my computer to download the most horrible and pathetic porn out there.
    Synonyms
    scoundrel, villain, rogue, rascal, brute, animal, weasel, snake, monster, ogre, wretch, devil, good-for-nothing, reprobate, wrongdoer, evil-doer
    1. 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。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • We are in the Eggshell Era, in which everyone has to tiptoe around because there's a world of busybodies out there who are being paid to catch you out - and a public that is slowly being trained to accept a culture of finks.
      • Looking back, I saw two sets of feet: my mother's slippered ones, and the small pink toes of the fink who told on me.
      • Could you deal with the fallout if she discovered you're the the fink who told?
      • I'm not a rat fink squealer! You think I'm going to tell you anything that would put my friends at risk?
      • What a fink. I can't believe he practically put the candy in my pockets and now he's taking me down with him.
      • You really are deluded if you go on believing in your ‘hero’ in the face of all the evidence that he's a fink, and a not very bright one at that.
      • The social set is torn between pegging him as a total rat fink or a noble whistle-blower.
      Synonyms
      informer, betrayer, stool pigeon
    2. 1.2dated A strikebreaker.
      〈旧〉破坏罢工者,工贼
      Example sentencesExamples
      • We took some of our best militant workers, entered the plant and drove the finks out.
      • There were a few door guards to protect the ‘finks’.
      • And a little blond feller, I don't know who he was, yelled, ‘Hey, there's a fink here, starting to move goods!’
verbfɪŋkfiNGk
[no object]North American informal
  • 1fink onInform on to the authorities.

    告密者,告发者;奸细

    there was no shortage of people willing to fink on their neighbors

    愿意告发邻居者总不乏其人。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He also made clear to his client that he would not fink on anyone in the Scene.
    • Charged with obscenity, the 60-year-old professor not only fearfully complied with the cops but immediately finked on two friends.
    • Giussepe is unaware of the reasons why Pasquale finked on his brother and despises him for it.
    • On the other hand, you don't want to die - and nobody will ever know that you finked on your friends.
    • Padre Amaro, the young saving grace reformer, is in actuality a power mad vacuum, able to use a nubile young woman to satisfy his carnal desires as he finks on those within his order who would do the same.
    Synonyms
    inform, inform against, inform on, act as an informer, tell tales, tell tales on, sneak, sneak on, report, give away, be disloyal, be disloyal to, sell out, stab in the back
  • 2fink outFail 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。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In all, six of Chelsea's best players finked out.
    • Candice almost finks out of helping by saying she's ‘got to work with anorexics.’
    • The crew was fabulous, the cast was great, no one finked out, everybody was there.
    • Of an initial infusion of five million dollars, $250,000 per worm has been assigned as bounty to whoever finks out the authors.
    • He was supposed to come by last night, but he finked out for some reason.
    1. 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。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • It seems to get through syncing with the Address Book before it finks out.
      • He said if it finked out again, they'd fix it again.
      • The last thing I want is to wake up my kid, take her to the neighbors, drive 45 minutes to the Birth Center, stay up until 4 am and then just have to come home because my body finks out again.

Origin

Late 19th century: of unknown origin; perhaps from German, literally ‘finch’, but also a pejorative term. Students started to refer to nonmembers 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.

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