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词汇 protested
释义 protested
past simple and past participle ofprotest
protest
verb[ I or T ]
uk /prəˈtest/ us /proʊˈtest/
B2
to show that you disagree with something by standing somewhere, shouting, carrying signs, etc.: 抗议;反对
A big crowd of demonstrators were protesting against cuts in health spending.一大群示威者在抗议削减医疗保健费用。
especially USOutside, a group of students were protesting research cuts.外面有一群学生在抗议削减研究经费。
B2
to say something forcefully or complain about something: 声言,断言;控诉;抗议
Lots of people protested about the new working hours.许多人对新的工作时间表示抗议。
They protested bitterly to their employers, but to no avail.他们向老板强烈抗议,可一点用也没有。
[ + that ]A young girl was crying, protesting that she didn't want to leave her mother.一个小女孩哭闹着,不想跟妈妈分开。
All through the trial he protested his innocence(= strongly said he was not guilty).在整个审判期间,他都坚持声称自己是清白的。
We protested about the changes for a long time, but in the end we had to submit.我们对这些变动抗议了很长时间,但最终不得不屈服。
Demonstrators protested angrily following the jury's verdict.示威者在法官宣判后愤怒地进行了抗议。
"But I can't go to the dance without an escort, " she protested.“但是没有舞伴我不能去参加舞会,”她抗议道。
Students and workers were out on the streets protesting against the cuts.学生和工人们上街游行抗议削减公共开支。
The students are holding a demonstration to protest against the increase in their fees.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Opposing & against
active resistance
ad hominem
adversarial
against someone's beliefs
alienate
alienated
converse
countervailing
discordant
insurgent
intifada
kick
kick against something
lark
man the barricadesidiom
protest
raise
resistant
sedition
versus

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Complaining

Idiom


protest too much

Examples of protested


protested

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.


Families have protested hospital bed closures and pushed for community treatment orders and community support services.
The female students already enrolled protested this sudden ban, with limited success.
Those pupils who wanted to get some sleep immediately protested.
But it also protested against a resilient employer that failed to respond to long-standing grievances and loss of dignity.
They protested over immediate or relatively shortterm issues like ad hoc demands over wage hikes, holidays, dismissals or restoration of allowances.
The author protested that this was both incorrect and an insult.
None of the professors protested publicly against these actions (pp. 308-9).
They protested that many casuals arrived in a state of fever, and were only saved from destitution and death by the kindness of the union.
Given the very small sub-sample that protested, we decided not to employ a sample selection model.
The suspension of the boy was protested at the college meeting.
In several cases, they merely protested against the treatment meted out by mill officials and jobbers.
On the night that the legislature considered these reforms, social movements protested outside and demanded its closure.
The actors protested vehemently; they wanted their doors.
The official students' representation protested against the presence in the course, without formal permission, of many nonstudents.
This does not seem to have been a consideration for many of the choristers, who protested at the work being dropped.
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
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