protestations

英 [ˌprəʊtɛsˈteɪʃənz]

美 [ˌproʊˌtɛˈsteɪʃənz]

n.  郑重的声明; 坚决的表示
protestation的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 申明；断言
  Aprotestationis a strong declaration that something is true or not true.
  1. Despite his constant protestations of devotion and love, her doubts persisted.
     尽管他一直宣称对她的爱忠贞不渝，她仍然心存怀疑。

双语例句

• Despite his constant protestations of devotion and love, her doubts persisted.
  尽管他一直宣称对她的爱忠贞不渝，她仍然心存怀疑。
• Despite her protestations she had been quite looking forward to the journey.
  尽管她嘴上一直表示反对，其实她内心还是挺盼望这次旅行的。
• And while he clearly does care about his legacy, there does seem some truth to his protestations that other people spend a lot more time concerning themselves about his record than he does.
  而且，尽管他显然在意自己留下的遗产，但他的抗议似乎有一定道理：有些人对他的过往比他自己更在意，在这上面花费大量时间。
• He had been brought up with Lutheranism, a pastor's son subjected to sermons, beatings and high piety, and for all his protestations his films were full of it.
  伯从小受路德教教育，他父亲是一个牧师，童年就是在不断的布道和挨打中度过的，被教育要做一个圣洁的人。
• The US government is doubtless sincere in its protestations that it means to kick the oil habit.
  美国政府戒除石油瘾的声明无疑是真诚的。
• There was the will, however, to hinder that, and my loud protestations against any infringement of its directions.
  无论如何，遗嘱阻止那样行事，我也高声抗议，反对任何违反遗嘱指示的行为。
• Often he had left unanswered her protestations of undying affection.
  她谈到永恒的爱情时，他总是没有反映。
• What use were anger and protestations against her silly credulity?
  对于她那样痴心的轻信，愤怒和抗议又有什么用呢？
• He was long in choosing the subject of his heroic song and, as we know from all of& and we've encountered a number of them-all of those protestations of delay Milton began his epic late.
  他久久未能确定他要写的英雄之歌的主题，这我们从从弥尔顿多次声言，自己的史诗动笔很晚就能看出。
• But the money China is pouring in, despite protestations of good intent, does have potentially malign consequences for the economics and politics of the continent.
  不过，尽管中国声称自己的援助是善意的，但它向非洲投入的资金，的确可能给这个大陆的经济和政治带来负面影响。