protest: [14] The noun protest comes from early modern French protest, a derivative of the verb protester, which goes back to Latin prōtestārī ‘make a public declaration’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix prō- ‘out, in public’ and testārī ‘declare, bear witness’ (source of or related to English attest, contest, detest, testament, testify, etc).
The notion of ‘making an objection’ is a comparatively late development in the word’s semantic history. Protestant [16], which comes from the Latin present participle, originated in 1529 as a term for those Germans who dissented from the decree of the Diet of Spires, an assembly of the estates of the Holy Roman Empire, which called for obedience to Rome. It was first used in English in 1539, and within a few years had broadened out in application to denote anyone dissenting from Roman Catholicism. => attest, contest, detest, testament, testicle, testify
protest (n.)
c. 1400, "avowal, pledge, solemn declaration," from Old French protest (Modern French pr?tet), from preotester, and directly from Latin protestari "declare publicly, testify, protest," from pro- "forth, before" (see pro-) + testari "testify," from testis "witness" (see testament).
Meaning "statement of disapproval" first recorded 1751; adjectival sense of "expressing of dissent from, or rejection of, prevailing mores" is from 1953, in reference to U.S. civil rights movement. First record of protest march is from 1959.
protest (v.)
mid-15c., "to declare or state formally or solemnly," from Old French protester, from Latin protestari "declare publicly, testify, protest" (see protest (n.)). Original sense preserved in to protest one's innocence. Related: Protested; protesting.
雙語例句
1. Teachers staged a sit-down protest in front of the president's office.
老師們在校長辦公室門前舉行了一場靜坐抗議。
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2. Abidjan was thrown into turmoil because of a protest by taxi drivers.
出租車司機的抗議使得阿比讓陷入了混亂。
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3. The council is standing firm against the barrage of protest.
委員會面對接二連三的抗議拒不讓步。
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4. They have begun a hunger strike in protest at the alleged beating.
他們開始絕食以抗議有人所宣稱的毆打行為。
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5. The decision was greeted with shouts of protest from opposition MPs.