It would be futile to protest.

抗议也无用。

《牛津词典》

She knew it was useless to protest.

她知道抗议是没用的。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

He knew it was useless to protest.

他知道抗议是徒劳的。

《牛津词典》

It was a party of protest, formed by men who refused to support either of the two old parties.

VOA: special.2010.06.03

And it is a stereotype but it's a statistically robust one and nobody lines up to protest this.

这确实是刻板印象，但这是有数据支持的,而且没有人会排队去抗议它。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

Amy Speace describes one of her songs as a protest song, but more of a story with the protest quietly built into it.

VOA: special.2009.07.27

This is not peaceful protest, it is illegal protest and it's descending into mob rule.

BBC: David Ford questions assembly flag meeting

So, it's a way to protest, it's a way to resist, and it's a way to get to the world to say here, this is who we really are.

NPR: Rapping About Land and Identity

This is not only a new age of protest, it is also the age of social.

FORBES: Welcome to The World of Protest in The Age Of Social Media