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

• 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。
• 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。
• He had been brought up with Lutheranism, a pastor's son subjected to sermons, beatings and high piety, and for all his protestations his films were full of it.
  伯从小受路德教教育，他父亲是一个牧师，童年就是在不断的布道和挨打中度过的，被教育要做一个圣洁的人。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。