该短语是“不及物动词 + 介词”结构,需注意以下几点:
通常是人或群体(如 citizens 市民、workers 工人、students 学生、activists 活动人士等),表示“某人/某群体抗议某事”。
介词 against 后需接名词、代词或动名词(不能接动词原形),作“抗议的对象”。常见宾语包括:
政策/法律:policy, law
决定/措施:decision, measure
不公平现象:unfair treatment, injustice
行为/做法:animal cruelty(动物虐待), price increase(涨价), war(战争)
主语 + protest against + 宾语
例:Thousands of people protested against the government’s new immigration law.(数千人抗议政府的新移民法。)
主语 + be + protesting against + 宾语(进行时,表示“正在抗议”)
例:Students are protesting against the rise in tuition fees.(学生们正在抗议学费上涨。)
主语 + protest against + doing sth(动名词表示“抗议做某事”)
例:Local residents protested against building a factory near their homes.(当地居民抗议在他们家附近建工厂。)
make a protest against
例:They made a protest against the unfair dismissal of their colleague.(他们对同事被不公平解雇提出抗议。)
hold/organize a protest against
例:Activists held a protest against police brutality.(活动人士举行了抗议警察暴行的活动。)
object to:更强调“反对”(主观意见,不一定有行动);
oppose:及物动词,直接接宾语(如 oppose the plan),语气更正式;
protest against:更突出“公开抗议行动”(如游行、集会等)。