The verb is pronounced /prə'test/. The noun is pronounced /'prəʊtest/. 动词读作 /prə'test/，名词读作 /'prəʊtest/。
1 VERB 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. 抗议；提出异议；反对
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Groups of women took to the streets to protest against the arrests. [V + about/against/at]
成群结队的妇女上街抗议逮捕行动。
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The students were protesting at overcrowding in the university hostels. [V + about/against/at]
学生们在抗议大学宿舍过于拥挤。
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They were protesting soaring prices. [VERB noun]
他们抗议物价暴涨。
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He picked up the cat before Rosa could protest. [VERB]
未等罗莎表示异议，他就抱起了猫。
SYN object, demonstrate, oppose, complain
2 N-VAR 抗议；反对 A protest is the act of saying or showing publicly that you object to something. 抗议；反对 [Also + about]
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The opposition now seems too weak to stage any serious protests against the government. [+ against]
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。
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The unions called a two-hour strike in protest at the railway authority's announcement. [+ at]
各工会号召罢工两小时，以对铁路当局所发通告表示抗议。
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...a protest march.
抗议游行
3 VERB 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. 申辩；申明
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When we tried to protest that Mo was beaten up they didn't believe us. [VERB that]
我们试图申明莫遭到了毒打，他们却不相信我们。
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'I never said any of that to her,' he protested. [VERB with quote]
“我从来没有对她那么说过，”他申辩道。
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He has always protested his innocence. [VERB noun]
他一直申辩自己是无辜的。
SYN assert, argue, insist, maintain
4 N-COUNT [usu N that] 申明；声明；断言 A protest that something is true is a strong declaration that it is true. 申明；声明；断言
Quotations
The lady doth protest too much methinks William Shakespeare Hamlet
| Word Partnership | Use protest with: |
| N. | workers protest 1 protest demonstrations, protest groups, protest march, protest rally 2 |
| ADJ. | anti-government protest, anti-war protest, organized protest, peaceful protest, political protest 2 |
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