English Dictionary

protest

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈpɹəʊ.tɛst/

動詞

自動詞 他動詞 カナダ英語 アメリカ英語 廃用

(intransitive) To make a strong objection. / (transitive) To affirm (something). / (transitive, chiefly Canada, US) To object to.

日本語の意味

（自動詞）強く抗議する、激しく異議を唱える / （他動詞）何かを肯定的に主張する、断固として信じる / （他動詞、主にカナダ、米国）～に反対する、異議を唱える

When the company announced layoffs, many employees decided to protest outside the headquarters.

会社が解雇を発表したとき、多くの従業員は本社前で抗議することにした。

意味（1）

(intransitive) To make a strong objection.

How dare you, I protest!

意味（2）

(transitive) To affirm (something).

I protest my innocence.

意味（3）

(transitive, chiefly Canada, US) To object to.

They protested the demolition of the school.

意味（4）

To call as a witness in affirming or denying, or to prove an affirmation; to appeal to.

Fiercely [they] opposed / My journey strange, with clamorous uproar / Protesting fate supreme.

意味（5）

(law, transitive) to make a solemn written declaration, in due form, on behalf of the holder, against all parties liable for any loss or damage to be sustained by non-acceptance or non-payment of (a bill or note). This should be made by a notary public, whose seal it is the usual practice to affix.

意味（6）

(obsolete, transitive) To publish; to make known.

protests （ present singular third-person ）

protesting （ participle present ）

protested （ participle past ）

protested （ past ）