protest - 基础词汇详解 (共2个含义)

protest 🔊

/ˈprəʊ.test/ (英式) /ˈproʊ.test/ (美式)

n., v.

When many people gather in public, shouting slogans, holding signs, or marching, to show they strongly disagree with something.

A large, diverse crowd of people gathered in a city square. They are holding up cardboard signs with messages like "SAVE OUR PLANET" or drawn pictures of trees. Some have their mouths open as if shouting slogans. The atmosphere is energetic but peaceful. Bright daylight, realistic photography style, focus on the crowd and their signs.

抗议 🔊

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kàng yì

动词

当很多人对某件事感到不满或不同意时,他们聚在一起,通过喊口号、举标语牌、游行等方式,公开表达他们的反对意见。这是一种集体性的、引人注目的表达方式。

📁 分类：Behaviors & Actions 🔖 等级：初级

📘 详细信息

📖 词根拆解

来自拉丁语‘protestari’。‘pro-’意思是‘向前,公开’,‘testari’意思是‘作证,证明’。合起来就是‘公开作证’,也就是‘公开表达立场’,通常是对某事表达反对立场。

💡 联想技巧

联想谐音:‘亲测’（pro-test）+ 考试。想象你亲身体验一场不公平的考试,你站起来大声说‘这不公平！’,这就是你的‘亲测抗议’。

📖 例句

Hundreds of students held a protest outside the government building against the increase in tuition fees. 🔊 数百名学生聚集在政府大楼外,抗议学费上涨。

🔗 固定搭配

a peaceful protest – 和平抗议

organized a protest – 组织了一场抗议

in protest of – 为了抗议…

🔄 同义词

demonstration (n.) – 示威活动,与protest非常接近

🚫 反义词

support (n.) – 支持

🌱 派生词

protester (n.) – 抗议者

📖 文化故事

想象一下,一个中世纪的市民站在法庭前,被指控犯下他没有做过的事。他举起手,当众大声宣告自己的清白,要求所有人作证。这个公开的、正式的‘作证’行为,就是‘protest’的古老心脏--它不仅关乎反对,更关乎一种对公正的执着宣告。

protest 🔊

/ˈprəʊ.test/ (英式) /ˈproʊ.test/ (美式)

n., v.

When someone seriously and sincerely says that they are not what they are accused of being, or that they didn't do something wrong.

A single person, looking serious and sincere, speaking directly to the camera or to another person. Their hands are gesturing emphatically to emphasize their point. They are in a neutral setting like a living room or office. The focus is on their expression of earnest denial or insistence. Clear, photorealistic style.

申辩 🔊

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shēn biàn

动词

当一个人被指责或批评时,他严肃地、认真地告诉大家他不是那样的,或者他没有做那件事。这是他个人的一种强烈反驳,通常带着委屈或坚持的态度。

📁 分类：Social Roles 🔖 等级：中级

📘 详细信息

📖 例句

During the interview, the athlete protested his innocence, saying he had never taken any banned drugs. 🔊 在采访中,那位运动员申辩自己是无辜的,说他从未服用任何违禁药物。

🔗 固定搭配

protest one's innocence – 申辩自己无辜

protest against a decision – 对某个决定提出异议

🔄 同义词

insist (v.) – 坚持说,强调

🚫 反义词

admit (v.) – 承认

🌱 派生词