remonstrance

remonstrance
[rɪˈmɒnstr(ə)ns]
noun
  1. a forcefully reproachful protest
    强烈抗议，激烈反对；指责
    angry remonstrances in the Commons.
    下院里愤怒的抗议。
    [mass noun]he shut his ears to any remonstrance.
    他对任何抗议都充耳不闻。
    ■(the Remonstrance)a document drawn up in 1610 by the Arminians of the Dutch Reformed Church, presenting the differences between their doctrines and those of the strict Calvinists
    五条款抗议书（1610年荷兰新教教会阿明尼乌教派拟订的文件，阐明与严格的加尔文教派教义的不同之处）
语源
  1. late 16th cent. (in the sense 'evidence'): from Old French, or from medieval Latin remonstrantia, from remonstrare 'demonstrate', show (see remonstrate)
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