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protest n.主张,断言,抗议 v.主张,断言抗议,拒付 Protest is both a noun and a verb. You've probably seen news about protests, because people all over the world organize them when they need to get a message across urgently. A protest doesn't have to be on the world scale, however. You might protest against eating frozen pizza for the third night in a row, and you've certainly seen a little kid protest against going to bed. When protest is political, it's also known as dissent. The verb is pronounced /prə'test/. The noun is pronounced /'prəʊtest/. 动词读作 /prə'test/，名词读作 /'prəʊtest/。1[VERB 动词]抗议；提出异议；反对 If you protest against something or about something, you say or show publicly that you object to it. In American English, you usually say that you protest it.   [V about/against/at n]  [V n]  [V]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。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。2[N-VAR 可变名词]抗议；反对 A protest is the act of saying or showing publicly that you object to something.   [oft N against/at/about n]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。...a protest march.抗议游行3[VERB 动词]申辩；申明 If you protest that something is the case, you insist that it is the case, when other people think that it may not be.   [V that]  [V with quote]  [V n]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。4[N-COUNT 可数名词]申明；声明；断言 A protest that something is true is a strong declaration that it is true.   [usu N that]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。

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['prətest] A protest is a formal declaration of objection. When there are big meetings of powerful countries and corporations, there are often protests staged in front of the meeting building, by people who think that what's happening inside is wrong. ★★★★☆ 2008.0

英语单词	protest
英美音标	['prətest]
中文释义	n.主张,断言,抗议 v.主张,断言抗议,拒付
vocab简明	A protest is a formal declaration of objection. When there are big meetings of powerful countries and corporations, there are often protests staged in front of the meeting building, by people who think that what's happening inside is wrong.
vocab扩展	Protest is both a noun and a verb. You've probably seen news about protests, because people all over the world organize them when they need to get a message across urgently. A protest doesn't have to be on the world scale, however. You might protest against eating frozen pizza for the third night in a row, and you've certainly seen a little kid protest against going to bed. When protest is political, it's also known as dissent.
柯林斯星级	★★★★☆
柯林斯解释	The verb is pronounced /prə'test/. The noun is pronounced /'prəʊtest/. 动词读作 /prə'test/，名词读作 /'prəʊtest/。 1 [VERB 动词]抗议；提出异议；反对 If you protest against something or about something, you say or show publicly that you object to it. In American English, you usually say that you protest it. [V about/against/at n] [V n] [V] 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。 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。 2 [N-VAR 可变名词]抗议；反对 A protest is the act of saying or showing publicly that you object to something. [oft N against/at/about n] 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。 ...a protest march. 抗议游行 3 [VERB 动词]申辩；申明 If you protest that something is the case, you insist that it is the case, when other people think that it may not be. [V that] [V with quote] [V n] 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。 4 [N-COUNT 可数名词]申明；声明；断言 A protest that something is true is a strong declaration that it is true. [usu N that] 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。
来源	2008.0

Protest [V N People Declaration Noun World Pronounced