protest star4 CET4 TEM4 (protesting,protested,protests)

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  V-T/V-I（及物动词/不及物动词） If you protest something or protest against something, you say or show publicly that you object to it. 抗议

  例：

  They were protesting soaring prices.

  他们在抗议不断飞涨的物价。

• 2.  

  N-VAR（有变体名词） A protest is the act of saying or showing publicly that you object to something. 抗议

  例：

  The opposition now seems too weak to stage any serious protests against the government.

  反对党现在似乎太弱小，无力针对政府组织什么重大的抗议。

• 3.  

  V-T（及物动词） If you protest that something is the case, you insist that it is the case, when other people think that it may not be. 断言

  例：

  When we tried to protest that Mo was beaten up they didn't believe us.

  当我们坚持说莫遭到了毒打时，他们都不相信。