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

• She wanted something, but no man should buy her by false protestations or favour.
  她有需求，但是任何男人也别指望用花言巧语或者小恩小惠来收买她。
• Several persons hurried up to m.de villefort, who sat half bowed over in his chair, offering him consolation, encouragement, and protestations of zeal and sympathy.
  有几个人围住那几乎已瘫倒在椅子里的维尔福先生，劝慰他，鼓励他，对他表示切和同情。
• This chasm suggests that the central bank was a buyer in the gold market last year in spite of its protestations to the contrary, say analysts.
  分析师表示，这一巨大缺口意味着，去年中国央行在黄金市场上扮演了买方角色&尽管其声明的内容与此相反。
• 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。
• Despite their protestations, they were glad to accept our help.
  尽管他们严肃地表明了态度，但他们仍乐於接受我们的援助。
• 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。
• 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。
• Despite his occasional protestations of friendship, he disliked England and thought her a worthless ally.
  他对英国只是有时表示友好，其实并不喜欢，而且认为英国是一个不中用的盟国。
• Their protestations of loyalty seem rather hollow in view of the way they behaved.
  考虑到他们的表现，他们对忠诚的强烈言辞显得很空洞。
• Protestations up and down Pennsylvania Avenue notwithstanding, US officialdom was always likely to follow that script.
  尽管宾夕法尼亚大道（pennsylvaniaavenue）上上下下都表示抗议，但美国官场可能一直会“照本宣科”。