to protest or complain about sth/sb
They remonstrated with the official about the decision.
他们就这一决定向这位官员提出了抗议。
1.表示异议,抗议;抗辩 (against);忠告,规劝,诤谏,苦谏 (with; on; upon)
2.抗议[抗辩]地说
1.to argue with, complain to, or criticize someone about something
1.The last time I got a bus on which boys were misbehaving, one Indian did remonstrate quietly.
上次我坐公交车时，男孩子们又在嘲笑一个印度人，他只能沉默以对。
2.I used to remonstrate with Laura like a fussy old uncle but she'd only laugh .
我以前常要像一个讨厌的叔叔似的，老是给罗娜劝告，而她只是笑笑而已。
3.She opend her mouth as if to remonstrate.
她张了张嘴，仿佛是想劝两句。
4.To reason earnestly with someone In an effort to dissuade or correct; remonstrate.
规劝，告诫对某人认真地说明道理以达到劝阻或改正的目的；告诫
5.King Zhou increasingly dissolute without Road, outspoken minister was demoted to remonstrate both killed.
纣王日益荒淫无道，大臣刚直劝谏者皆被杀被贬。
6.and they deny our right to petition and remonstrate against abuses of our sex and our kind.
他们否认我们有请愿的权利，告诫我们女性不要这麽不合体统。
7.A district official walked in the night to remonstrate with the landowners.
有天晚上，区里派了一个干部去对地主进行劝诫。
8.Miss Temple seemed to remonstrate .
坦普尔小姐似乎在抗辩。
9.To state outright and dare to remonstrate were his conduct of politics .
直言敢谏是他从政品行的主要特点。
10.We'd open our mouths to remonstrate. He'd toddle off.
我们一开口抗议，他就一摇一摆走开了。