protested

英 [prəˈtestɪd]

美 [prəˈtestɪd]

v.  (公开)反对; 抗议; 坚决地表示; 申辩
protest的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

The verb is pronounced /prə'test/. The noun is pronounced /'prəʊtest/. 动词读作 /prə'test/，名词读作 /'prəʊtest/。


• VERB 抗议；提出异议；反对
  If youprotest againstsomething oraboutsomething, you say or show publicly that you object to it. In American English, you usually say that youprotestit.
  1. 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。
  2. The students were protesting at overcrowding in the university hostels...
     学生们在抗议大学宿舍过于拥挤。
  3. They were protesting soaring prices...
     他们抗议物价暴涨。
  4. He picked up the cat before Rosa could protest.
     未等罗莎表示异议，他就抱起了猫。
• N-VAR 抗议；反对
  Aprotestis the act of saying or showing publicly that you object to something.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
  3. ...a protest march.
     抗议游行
• VERB 申辩；申明
  If youprotest thatsomething is the case, you insist that it is the case, when other people think that it may not be.
  1. 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。
  2. '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。
  3. He has always protested his innocence.
     他一直申辩自己是无辜的。
• N-COUNT 申明；声明；断言
  Aprotest thatsomething is true is a strong declaration that it is true.
  1. 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。

双语例句

• He has always protested his innocence.
  他一直申辩自己是无辜的。
• We protested but to no avail.
  我们提出了抗议，但是没有效果。
• I protested that I was not responsible for the mistake.
  我抗议道，我不对此过失负责。
• He protested he was being cheated of his rightful share.
  他提出抗议说他被人骗取了他依法应得的份额。
• Suspicion has fallen on Chinese companies, even though Beijing has vigorously protested its innocence.
  嫌疑落在了中国公司身上，尽管北京方面大喊无辜。
• Opposition parties have protested over alleged vote rigging in the election.
  反对党已对选举中被怀疑的选票操纵提出了抗议。
• The poor child never cried or protested when I was dressing her wounds.
  我给这个可怜的孩子包扎伤口时，她不哭也不闹。
• Many Iraqis responded to Sadam's death sentence by celebrating while others protested in the street.
  许多伊拉克人以庆祝的方式对萨达姆的死刑判决做出反应，另一些人则上街抗议。
• Community groups have protested at lung cancer deaths and poisoning related to antimony processing.
  一些民间组织已经就与锑加工有关的肺癌死亡和中毒提出了抗议。
• In a communique issued by the foreign ministers Monday, Burma protested what it calls outside interference.
  在东盟外长星期一发表的一份公报中，缅甸对它所称的外部干涉表示抗议。