| 单词 | protest |
| 释义 | protestprotestsprotestedprotestingprotestprotest2 /prəˈtest/ verb [intransitive and transitive]1if people protest against something, they show publicly that they think it is wrongprotest against/at/abouta group protesting against the warprotest一个反战组织protest something American English: Students protested the decision.studentprotest学生反对这一决定。2to say that you strongly disagree with or are angry about something because it is wrong or unfair: ‘Why should I take the blame for this!’ she protested.shallprotest“这事为什么要我来承担责任！”她争辩道。She protested her innocence (=she kept saying that she was innocent).protest她坚称自己无罪。THESAURUS: protestcomplain to say that you are not satisfied with something, or not happy about something: Dear Sir, I am writing to complain about the service I received at your hotel.bewritereceive‘I wish you’d stop telling me what to do,’ she complained.tellcomplainmake a complaint to formally complain about something to someone in authority: I’m going to make an official complaint to your manager.goprotest to complain about something that you think is wrong, especially publicly: The demonstrators are protesting against the war.demonstratorbeprotestParents are protesting against plans to close the school.parentbeprotestplanSeveral players protested at the referee’s decision.playerprotestobject to say that you disagree with a plan or suggestion, or that you do not approve of someone’s behaviour: Would anyone object if we have a quick break?willI object to some of his comments about women.commentwomangrumble to keep complaining in a bad-tempered way: He’s always grumbling about his knee.grumbleWhat are you grumbling about now?begrumblemoan/whine (also whinge British English) informal to keep complaining in an annoying and unreasonable way: We all have to work, so stop moaning about it.moanEveryone’s whining about the state of the economy.whine |
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