Protest

Definition

protest /'prǝƱtest/ n (က) [C] ကန္႔ကြက္ခ်က္။ The union organized/ staged a protest against the redundancies. ❍ Parking restrictions were introduced following protests from local residents. (ခ) [U] ကန္႔ကြက္ျခင္း။ The minister resigned in protest against the decision. ❍ a protest demonstration/ march ❍ a protest vote (ie one against the party in power rather than for an opposing party). /prǝ'test/ v ၁။ ~ (about/ against/ at sth) ကန္႔ကြက္သည္။ သေဘာမတူေၾကာင္း ေျပာသည္။ They protested strongly at the cuts in public spending. ❍ Demonstrators protested against the new legislation. ❍ I really must protest—you have no right to make such an accusation. ❍ ( US )A demonstration was planned to protest the mistreatment of prisoners. ၂။ ျပန္လွန္ေခ်ပသည္။ He protested his innocence. ❍ She protested that she had never seen him before. ❍ ‘But I did tell you!’ she protested. ❏ protester n ကန္႔ကြက္သူ။ ကန္႔ကြက္ဆႏၵျပသူ။ A group of protesters gathered outside the embassy.

Examples

1. [protest at/against] : The organization has made a formal protest against the nuclear testing.
2. [in protest] : She resigned in protest against the company’s unfair policies.
3. [without protest] : He left the building without protest after the police arrived.
4. [raise/provoke a storm of protest] : The decision raised a storm of protest among farmers and agricultural workers.
5. Peaceful protests against the war
6. Students will hold a protest this weekend outside Parliament.