fifth-columnist
noun [ C ] uk/ˌfɪfθ ˈkɒl.əm.nɪst/ us/ˌfɪfθ ˈkɑː.ləm.nɪst/
第五纵队成员（支持并秘密帮助所在国家的敌人的一群人）
a member of a group of people who support the enemies of the country they live in and secretly help them
He was ambivalent about his role as a fifth-columnist. 他对自己作为第五纵队成员的角色感到很矛盾。
The writer was secretly a fifth-columnist. 这位作家暗地里是第五纵队的成员。
See: fifth column
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- The political establishment was looking for a fifth-columnist to attack.
- It takes only one fifth-columnist to pass on sensitive information.
- This man is a treacherous fifth columnist.