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pro.test (obj)prE5test, $5proJ7testv抗议，反对，断言A lot of people protested about the new working hours. [I]许多人反对新的工作时间。Several demonstrators protesting against cuts in health spending were arrested. [I]几个抗议削减卫生支出的示威者被逮捕了。They protested bitterly to their boss, but he wouldn't change his mind. [I]他们向老板不断抗议，可是老板就是不改变他的主意。All through the trial he protested his innocence (= strongly said he was not guilty), insisting he had not robbed the shop. [T]整个审判期间，他抗议说他是无罪的，坚持声称他没有抢劫商店。But he protests (= says strongly) that he knows nothing about the guns or the explosives. [+ that clause]可是他断言他对枪支和炸药一无所知。(Am) If a person protests something, they protest against or about it.抗议…，为…而抗议Outside, a group of students were protesting research cuts. [T]外面有一群学生在抗议削减研究经费。If a person protests too much, they agree or disagree with something so strongly that their sincerity becomes doubted.反对过头反而不可信
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