protest
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英 [ˈprəʊtest , prəˈtest]
美 [ˈproʊtest , prəˈtest]
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- n.
- 抗议
- 反对
- 申明
单词词源
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
- 1. These products were introduced without much fuss in the media or protest from the general population .
- 这些产品的推出既没有引发媒体一片哗然，也没有招致普通民众的抗议。
- 2. The company was worried about possible protest activity during the winter olympics in vancouver the following year .
- 可口可乐担心，次年的温哥华冬季奥运会期间可能会出现抗议活动。
- 3. Inequality is also an engine of protest .
- 不平等也是抗议的一个引擎。
- 4. Some protest that the scale of graft has been exaggerated .
- 一些反对者认为对腐败规模的预测有些夸张。
- 5. Popular protest has worked before .
- 群众抗议起过作用。