•Protests have been made/registered by many people who would be affected by the proposed changes.许多将因拟议改变而受到影响的人举行了抗议活动。

•A formal protest was made by the German team about their disqualification from the relay final.德国队对他们被取消接力决赛资格一事提出了正式抗议。

•Conservation groups have united in protest against the planned new road.环境保育组织联合起来，抗议计划建造的新公路。

•a public protest against the war反战的公开抗议活动

•a peaceful/violent protest和平／暴力的抗议活动

•I only went to the meeting under protest.我去开会是心不甘情不愿的。

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•A big crowd of demonstrators were protesting against cuts in health spending.一大群示威者在抗议缩减医疗保健费用。

•US Outside, a group of students were protesting research cuts.外面有一群学生在抗议缩减研究经费。

•A lot of people protested about the new working hours.许多人对新的工作时间表示抗议。

•They protested bitterly to their employers, but to no avail.他们向老板表达强烈抗议，但一点用也没有。

•[+ that] A young girl was crying, protesting that she didn't want to leave her mother.一个小女孩哭闹着，不想跟妈妈分开。

•All through the trial he protested his innocence (= strongly said he was not guilty).在整个审判期间，他都坚持自己是清白的。

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•She keeps trying to impress on me how she doesn't fancy him but does she protest too much?她不停地试图让我觉得她不喜欢他，但她是不是做得太过火了呢？