protestation

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishprotestationprot‧es‧ta‧tion /ˌprɒtəˈsteɪʃən ˌprəʊ- $ ˌprɑː-, ˌproʊ-/ noun [countable] formal SAY/STATEa strong statement saying that something is true or not true, when other people believe the oppositeprotestation of protestations of innocenceExamples from the Corpusprotestation• In their minds it had been prefaced with romantic dialogue and protestations of love.• It was certainly an occasion that made Le Kha Phieu's earlier protestations of continuing socialist purity hard to believe.• But her protestations had been unfulfilled; she had not forgotten.• By now the man was surrounded, and his protestations happily ignored.• The call to community is not a hollow protestation of universal brotherhood.• In spite of the couple's protestations, he forbade Marion to meet Travis again and firmly escorted his tearful daughter home.• Meanwhile, President Monroe decided that the Creeks were right in their protestations that the Seminoles were a separate tribe.protestation of• protestations of love

单词	protestation
释义	protestation From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishprotestationprot‧es‧ta‧tion /ˌprɒtəˈsteɪʃən ˌprəʊ- $ ˌprɑː-, ˌproʊ-/ noun [countable] formal SAY/STATEa strong statement saying that something is true or not true, when other people believe the oppositeprotestation of protestations of innocenceExamples from the Corpusprotestation• In their minds it had been prefaced with romantic dialogue and protestations of love.• It was certainly an occasion that made Le Kha Phieu's earlier protestations of continuing socialist purity hard to believe.• But her protestations had been unfulfilled; she had not forgotten.• By now the man was surrounded, and his protestations happily ignored.• The call to community is not a hollow protestation of universal brotherhood.• In spite of the couple's protestations, he forbade Marion to meet Travis again and firmly escorted his tearful daughter home.• Meanwhile, President Monroe decided that the Creeks were right in their protestations that the Seminoles were a separate tribe.protestation of• protestations of love
随便看	it’s my/your etc round it’s nice to know (that) it’s no good (doing something) it’s no skin off somebody’s nose it’s no use doing something it’s no use! it’s no/some comfort it’s not as if it’s not every day (that) it’s not fair on somebody it’s not for somebody to judge it’s not over until it’s over it’s not over until the fat lady sings it’s not somebody’s day it’s not the end of the world it’s now or never it’s odds on (that) It’s one thing to ... it’s (quite) another to it’s one thing to ..., (it’s) another thing to ..., it’s only fair (that) it’s only/just a matter of time it’s pouring (rain) it’s pouring with rain/it poured with rain lead somebody on lead somebody to believe/expect/understand something