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词汇 unprotesting
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Definition of unprotesting in English:

unprotesting

adjective ʌnprəˈtɛstɪŋˌənprəˈtɛstɪŋ
  • Not objecting to what someone has said or done.

    不反对的;无异议的

    I was escorted, proud and unprotesting, to the exit
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I stretched my arms out, took Beta by the shoulder and pulled her unprotesting body close to my breast and her face up to mine.
    • The president isn't afraid to take unpopular stances in which he believes: A majority of Americans opposed the war that nevertheless was coaxed down our largely unprotesting throats.
    • Clark kneels down again and scoops the small unprotesting creature up in his arms.
    • This is done by bringing up American children in such a way that they will take their place in society as diligent workers and unprotesting consumers.
    • But both Eva and St Clair die, and Tom is sold again, this time to a brutal cotton plantation owner, Simon Legree, who finally beats the unprotesting Tom to death just before Shelby's son arrives to redeem him.
    • Modest, unprotesting, a devoted church-goer and teetotaller, and a model family man, Jack Hobbs was the prototype of the loyal artisan dedicated to Crown and country.
    Synonyms
    compliant, complying, consenting, cooperative, willing, obliging, agreeable, amenable, tractable, persuadable, easily persuaded, pliant, flexible, easy, resigned

Derivatives

  • unprotestingly

  • adverb
    • But these are as nothing in British eyes compared with the Charge of the Light Brigade at Balaclava, in which some 700 horsemen rode unprotestingly into what every trooper knew was a trap.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Rather than cause a row, we swallowed our pride - and our irritation - and went on unprotestingly with our work.
      • Christians were not allowed to drink or smoke, but they could stare unprotestingly at endless commercials for beer, wine, and cigarettes.
      • I had to join in and march, unprotestingly, together with these raging wretches, towards an unknown bloodbath.
      • They both stood motionless a moment, and then she reached out, took his ear and led him unprotestingly to the corner.

Rhymes

arresting, unresting, westing

Definition of unprotesting in US English:

unprotesting

adjectiveˌənprəˈtestiNGˌənprəˈtɛstɪŋ
  • Not objecting to what someone has said or done.

    不反对的;无异议的

    I was escorted, proud and unprotesting, to the exit
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I stretched my arms out, took Beta by the shoulder and pulled her unprotesting body close to my breast and her face up to mine.
    • This is done by bringing up American children in such a way that they will take their place in society as diligent workers and unprotesting consumers.
    • Clark kneels down again and scoops the small unprotesting creature up in his arms.
    • Modest, unprotesting, a devoted church-goer and teetotaller, and a model family man, Jack Hobbs was the prototype of the loyal artisan dedicated to Crown and country.
    • The president isn't afraid to take unpopular stances in which he believes: A majority of Americans opposed the war that nevertheless was coaxed down our largely unprotesting throats.
    • But both Eva and St Clair die, and Tom is sold again, this time to a brutal cotton plantation owner, Simon Legree, who finally beats the unprotesting Tom to death just before Shelby's son arrives to redeem him.
    Synonyms
    compliant, complying, consenting, cooperative, willing, obliging, agreeable, amenable, tractable, persuadable, easily persuaded, pliant, flexible, easy, resigned
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