protest
四级,六级,考研,托福,雅思,GRE,1
英['prəʊtest]
|美['protɛst]
n.抗议;反对;申明
vi.抗议;断言
vt.抗议;声明反对;断言
日语:抗議する
法语:protestation
德语:Protest
韩语:항의
俄语:protesta
牛津词典
noun
- 抗议;抗议书(或行动);反对
the expression of strong disagreement with or opposition to sth; a statement or an action that shows this
- The director resigned in protest at the decision.
主任辞职以示抗议这项决定。 - The announcement raised a storm of protest .
这个声明引起了一场抗议风潮。 - a protest march
抗议游行 - She accepted the charge without protest .
她一声未吭地接受了指控。 - The workers staged a protest against the proposed changes in their contracts.
工人们进行抗议,反对拟议中的对他们合同的修改。 - The building work will go ahead, despite protests from local residents.
尽管当地居民反对,建筑工程将照样进行。 - The riot began as a peaceful protest.
暴乱是从一场和平抗议开始的。
verb
- (公开)反对;抗议
to say or do sth to show that you disagree with or disapprove of sth, especially publicly
- Students took to the streets to protest against the decision.
学生们走上街头,抗议这项决定。 - The victim's widow protested at the leniency of the sentence.
受害人的遗孀抗议判决太轻。 - There's no use protesting, I won't change my mind.
抗议没有用,我决不改变主意。 - They fully intend to protest the decision.
他们决意反对这项决定。
- 坚决地表示;申辩
to say firmly that sth is true, especially when you have been accused of sth or when other people do not believe you
- She has always protested her innocence .
她一直坚持说自己是无辜的。 - He protested that the journey was too far by car.
他坚持说路途太远,不宜开汽车去。 - ‘That's not what you said earlier!’ Jane protested.
“你当初不是这么说的!”简争辩说。
网络解释
vi. 抗议;断言
vt. 抗议;断言
n. 抗议
adj. 表示抗议的;抗议性的
词形变化
名词复数形式:protests 过去式:protested 现在分词:protesting 过去分词:protested 第三人称单数:protests
中文词源
protest 声明,断言,抗议,反对
来自拉丁语protestari,公开声明,见证,证实,来自pro-,向前,testari,证实,见证,词源同attest,testament.因通常用于指证实不好的东西,后引申词义抗议,反对。
双语例句
- Government troops broke up the protest by firing their guns in the air
政府军队朝天鸣枪驱散了抗议人群。
- They have begun a hunger strike in protest at the alleged beating.
他们开始绝食以抗议有人所宣称的殴打行为。
- The strike was called in protest at the government's lack of consultation with the unions.
此次罢工是为抗议政府缺乏与工会的磋商而发动的。
- The union leader was last night staging a protest vigil 400 yards down a mineshaft.
昨晚工会领袖在400码深的矿井下举行了彻夜的抗议活动。
- He has begun a hunger strike in protest over political violence in Karachi.
为了抗议卡拉奇的政治暴力,他已开始了绝食。
- Some local residents joined the students 'protest
当地一些居民也加入了学生的抗议行列。
- Mary made as if to protest, then hesitated
玛丽好像要抗议,却又犹豫了。
- Anna put up a mild protest
安娜提出了温和的抗议。
- The farmers staged a noisy but peaceful protest outside the headquarters of the organization
农场主在该组织总部外进行了喧闹而和平的抗议。
- The protest campaign has used mass strikes and demonstrations to press its demands
抗议活动通过大规模罢工和示威游行来向当局提出诉求。
- He claimed he had no prior knowledge of the protest
他声称自己事先并不知道这次抗议的事。
- Groups of women took to the streets to protest against the arrests
成群结队的妇女上街抗议逮捕行动。
- They were protesting soaring prices
他们抗议物价暴涨。
- He picked up the cat before Rosa could protest.
未等罗莎表示异议,他就抱起了猫。
- The opposition now seems too weak to stage any serious protests against the government
反对党现在似乎势力非常弱小,无法针对政府发起真正的抗议。
- The unions called a two-hour strike in protest at the railway authority's announcement.
各工会号召罢工两小时,以对铁路当局所发通告表示抗议。
- When we tried to protest that Mo was beaten up they didn't believe us
我们试图申明莫遭到了毒打,他们却不相信我们。
- 'I never said any of that to her,' he protested
“我从来没有对她那么说过,”他申辩道。
- He has always protested his innocence.
他一直申辩自己是无辜的。
- That was how she usually dealt with their protests that she was spoiling her grandchildren.
当他们坚持说她是在溺爱孙儿,她通常会作出那样的回应。
- The Deputy Commander has condemned this weekend's protest as deliberate provocation.
副指挥官谴责本周末的抗议活动是蓄意挑衅。
- The prime minister only reacted when three of his senior cabinet colleagues revolted and resigned in protest on Friday night
直到周五晚上首相的3位高级内阁同僚倒戈并辞职以示抗议时,首相才有所反应。
- They rioted in protest against the government.
他们发动暴乱,以抗议政府的行为。
- There will be a risk of public protest that could set back reforms.
这可能会引发公众抗议,进而可能使变革推迟。
- Teachers staged a sit-down protest in front of the president's office.
老师们在校长办公室门前举行了一场静坐抗议。
- Russian workers have staged a number of strikes in protest at the republic's declaration of independence
俄罗斯工人已经举行了数次罢工,抗议该共和国宣布独立。
- Some radicals may oppose him in protest at the attempt of his supporters to stage-manage the congress
有些激进分子可能会反对他,以作为对他的支持者企图操纵国会的抗议。
- The announcement provoked an immediate storm of protest.
公告一发布就引发了一场强烈的抗议。
- Abidjan was thrown into turmoil because of a protest by taxi drivers
出租车司机的抗议使得阿比让陷入了混乱。
- It caused some protest and indignation.
这引起了一些抗议和愤慨。
语源
late Middle English (as a verb in the sense make a solemn declaration): from Old French protester, from Latin protestari, from pro-forth, publicly + testariassert (from testiswitness)