抗議,反對[(+about/against/at)]Crowds of pacifists protested against the war. 成群的和平主義者抗議這場戰爭。
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力言,斷言,聲明[+(that)]The defendant protested that he had never been near the scene of the crime. 被告堅決聲辯他從來沒有在犯罪現場附近。She protested that she had never done it. 她堅決聲明她不曾做過那件事。