| 单词 | protest |
| 释义 | protest (once / 89 pages) nv A protest is a formal declaration of objection. If students at your school are fed up with the overly restrictive dress code, they might stage a protest. Washington, D.C. is often the site of political protests. Protest is both a noun and a verb. You've probably seen news about protests, because people all over the world organize them when they need to get a message across urgently. A protest doesn't have to be on the world scale, however. You might protest against eating frozen pizza for the third night in a row, and you've certainly seen a little kid protest against going to bed. When protest is political, it's also known as dissent. WORD FAMILYprotest: protestant, protestation, protested, protester, protesting, protests+/protestant: protestantly/protestation: protestations/protester: protesters USAGE EXAMPLESOkay, so here’s my question: When did civility become incompatible with protest? Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) That is a clear reference, I believe, to our response to the protests at Israel Fest last year. Washington Post(Dec 28, 2016) These aren’t your typical protests but are our young democracy’s natural response to an urgent existential threat. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) 1n a formal and solemn declaration of objection they finished the game under protest to the league president the senator rose to register his protest Syn|Hyper protestation objection the speech act of objecting 2n the act of protesting; a public (often organized) manifestation of dissent Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper dissent, objection Boston Tea Party demonstration (1773) by citizens of Boston who (disguised as Indians) raided three British ships in Boston harbor and dumped hundreds of chests of tea into the harbor; organized as a protest against taxes on tea boycott a group's refusal to have commercial dealings with some organization in protest against its policies direct actiona protest action by labor or minority groups to obtain their demands demonstration, manifestationa public display of group feelings (usually of a political nature) walkoutthe act of walking out (of a meeting or organization) as a sign of protest work-inoccasion when workers continue to work as a protest against e.g. proposed dismissal or closure of the factory protest marchoccasion when you can express opposition by marching (usually on some government institution) without a license civil disobediencea group's refusal to obey a law because they believe the law is immoral (as in protest against discrimination) job actiona temporary action by workers to protest management decision or to make demands nonviolence, nonviolent resistance, passive resistancepeaceful resistance to a government by fasting or refusing to cooperate recusancyrefusal to submit to established authority; originally the refusal of Roman Catholics to attend services of the Church of England resistance group action in opposition to those in power 3n the act of making a strong public expression of disagreement and disapproval he shouted his protests at the umpire a shower of protest was heard from the rear of the hall Hyper objection the speech act of objecting 4v utter words of protest Hypo|Hyper declaim, inveigh speak against in an impassioned manner complain, kick, kvetch, plain, quetch, sound off express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness 5v express opposition through action or words Syn|Hypo|Hyper dissent, resist strike, walk out stop work in order to press demands demonstrate, marchmarch in protest; take part in a demonstration arise, rebel, rise, rise uptake part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance rebel, renegadebreak with established customs picketserve as pickets or post pickets revoltmake revolution mutinyengage in a mutiny against an authority contradict, controvert, oppose be resistant to 6v affirm or avow formally or solemnly The suspect protested his innocence Hyper affirm, assert, aver, avow, swan, swear, verify to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true |
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