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

• The whispers of many men and the protestations of the portress were audible in the corridor.
  过道里有许多人说话的声音和那看门妇人的争辩声。
• But for the first time he refused to reiterate past protestations that Chrysler was not for sale.
  但是，如今他第一次不再重申其过去不会出售克莱斯勒的断言。
• But the protestations of reform have often seemed pro-forma, concealing a real desire to return as swiftly as possible to pre-crunch business as usual.
  但这种改革宣言似乎经常流于形式，掩盖了它们只想尽快恢复到危机前常态的真实意图。
• Ignoring my protestations, they went abead and chopped ther tree down.
  他们不理会我的抗议，继续把树砍倒。
• 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。
• 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。
• We need to see changes in how banks manage themselves if we are to believe in protestations of reform.
  我们必须看到银行在自身管理方面的变化，才会相信它们关于改革的保证。
• Western injunctions for it to act as a responsible stakeholder in the multilateral system were met with protestations that such demands were premature: China was still a developing country, and it prized non-interference above western concepts of mutual dependence.
  西方要求中国作为一个负责任的利益相关者参与到多边体系中，而中国却认为这种要求还为时过早：中国还是个发展中国家，比之西方的相互依赖等观念，它更推崇不干预政策。
• 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。
• 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。