| 单词 | i protest |
| 释义 | > as lemmasI protest c. intransitive. I protest: used as an asseveration. Cf. declare v. 6b. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > assurance, confirmation, or guarantee > [phrase] witc900 hightOE to stand for it?a1500 take my word for it1576 I protest1587 I warrant me1825 1587 G. Turberville Tragicall Tales f. 69 I loude, I doe protest, And did of worldlie men, account that worthie knight the best. 1612 T. Dekker If it be not Good iii. ii. 132 I will doe it I protest. 1669 J. Fletcher Island Princess iv. iii And I protest, I had rather use my sword In your defences, then against your safeties. 1728 J. Gay Beggar's Opera iii. x. 51 I protest Madam, it goes against me. 1771 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. xlix. 183 I cannot..call you the..basest fellow in the kingdom. I protest, my Lord, I do not think you so. 1813 E. S. Barrett Cherubina (ed. 2) III. 217 I protest, her imitation of the language and manners, which Authors give Heroines, would make a tiger titter. 1865 M. Arnold Ess. Crit. Pref. p. x I had no notion, I protest, that this exquisite stroke of pleasantry was aimed at me. 1941 ‘N. Blake’ Case of Abominable Snowman iv. 39 You are too odious. I protest you have turned me goose-flesh all over. < as lemmas |
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