protestation
protestation 英 [,prɒtɪ'steɪʃ(ə)n] 美 [,prɑtə'steʃən]
n. 抗议,异议;声明;断言
名词复数:protestations
- 请先登录
- n. 抗议,异议;声明;断言
-
1. And unfortunately the loudness of my voice often evokes protestation around.
不幸的是,我的大声朗读常常引来周围人的抗议。
-
2. His wife now believes her husband is a drug dealer (Walt's protestation 'I'm a manufacturer, not a dealer' is a nicety of language that cuts no ice) and wants a divorce.
他的妻子现在认为自己的丈夫是个毒贩,沃特反驳说:“我是制毒者,而非毒贩,”但这没用,妻子执意要求离婚。
- protestation (n.) mid-14c., "affirmation;" late 14c., "avowal, declaration, assertion," from Old French protestacion "protest, protestation" (13c.) and directly from Latin protestationem (nominative protestatio) "a declaration, protestation," noun of action from past participle stem of protestari (see protest (n.)).
- 请先登录
0 个回复