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protest

英 ['prəʊtest] 美['protɛst]

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近义词challenge dispute disapprove object

vi. 抗议；断言
vt. 抗议；断言
n. 抗议
adj. 表示抗议的；抗议性的

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词态变化

复数: protests;第三人称单数: protests;过去式: protested;过去分词: protested;现在分词: protesting;

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。

英英释意

1. a formal and solemn declaration of objection;: "they finished the game under protest to the league president"; "the senator rose to register his protest"; "the many protestations did not stay the execution"

2. the act of protesting; a public (often organized) manifestation of dissent

3. the act of making a strong public expression of disagreement and disapproval;: "he shouted his protests at the umpire"; "a shower of protest was heard from the rear of the hall"

英文词源

protest: protest: [14] The noun protest comes from early modern French protest, a derivative of the verb protester, which goes back to Latin prōtestārī ‘make a public declaration’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix prō- ‘out, in public’ and testārī ‘declare, bear witness’ (source of or related to English attest, contest, detest, testament, testify, etc).

The notion of ‘making an objection’ is a comparatively late development in the word’s semantic history. Protestant [16], which comes from the Latin present participle, originated in 1529 as a term for those Germans who dissented from the decree of the Diet of Spires, an assembly of the estates of the Holy Roman Empire, which called for obedience to Rome. It was first used in English in 1539, and within a few years had broadened out in application to denote anyone dissenting from Roman Catholicism.
=> attest, contest, detest, testament, testicle, testify
protest (n.): c. 1400, "avowal, pledge, solemn declaration," from Old French protest (Modern French prôtet), from preotester, and directly from Latin protestari "declare publicly, testify, protest," from pro- "forth, before" (see pro-) + testari "testify," from testis "witness" (see testament).

Meaning "statement of disapproval" first recorded 1751; adjectival sense of "expressing of dissent from, or rejection of, prevailing mores" is from 1953, in reference to U.S. civil rights movement. First record of protest march is from 1959.
protest (v.): mid-15c., "to declare or state formally or solemnly," from Old French protester, from Latin protestari "declare publicly, testify, protest" (see protest (n.)). Original sense preserved in to protest one's innocence. Related: Protested; protesting.

同义词辨析

object, oppose, resist, protest

这些动词均含"反对"之意。

object：多指因厌恶或反感而反对，但不一定明显地表露出来。

oppose：普通用词，含义广，语气强于object。多指反对一些较重大的事，隐含其正当性。

resist：指用力量或意志抵抗、制止对方的入侵或诱惑、影响等。

protest：一般指通过言语或文字或行为表示出的强烈抗议、反对。

考试真题

To protest against the poor working conditions.

A 4-year-old may 27 protest that a sister has more fruit juice when it is only the shapes of the glasses that differ, not the 28 amount of juice.

And to those students who protest this tough-love teaching style: you'll thank me later.

That looks like a protest rally.

I wonder what they are protesting against.

This has resulted in protests from social scientists.

Protests have erupted over construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope( ' , TMT), a giant observatory that promises to revolutionize humanity’s view of the cosmos.

词组搭配

under protest

after expressing one's objection or reluctance; unwillingly

被迫地，不情愿地

‘I'm only here under protest,’ Jenna said shortly.
“我是被迫来的，”詹纳不耐烦地说。

实用场景例句

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。

She wrote a letter of apology but only under protest.: 她无奈之下写了一封致歉信。

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。

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。

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。

The students were protesting at overcrowding in the university hostels...: 学生们在抗议大学宿舍过于拥挤。

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。

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。

We translated his silence as a protest.: 我们把他的沉默解释为抗议.

The charges touched off a storm of protest.: 那些指控激起了猛烈的抗议.

At that meeting one of the delegates walked out in protest.: 在那次会议上一个代表退席以示抗议.

University students rallied in protest.: 大学生们举行抗议集会.

We launched a protest at them.: 我们发起抗议,反对他们.

The article was an invitation for public protest against the newspaper.: 那篇文章激起公众对该报的抗议.

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