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。
• 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”。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Refusing to listen to her husband's protestations of innocence, Mrs Rodrigues filed for divorce.
  玛丽亚并没有听丈夫的解释，马上提出离婚。
• 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。
• 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。