亚洲网紅露点

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protect

[ pruh-tekt ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to defend or guard from attack, invasion, loss, annoyance, insult, etc.; cover or shield from injury or danger.

    Synonyms: ,

    Antonyms:

  2. Economics. to guard (the industry or an industry of a nation) from foreign competition by imposing import duties.
  3. to provide funds for the payment of (a draft, note, etc.).


verb (used without object)

  1. to provide, or be capable of providing, protection:

    a floor wax that protects as well as shines.

protect

/ 辫谤蓹藞迟蓻办迟 /

verb

  1. to defend from trouble, harm, attack, etc
  2. economics to assist (domestic industries) by the imposition of protective tariffs on imports
  3. commerce to provide funds in advance to guarantee payment of (a note, draft, etc)
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 辫谤辞路迟别肠迟顎僫路产濒别 辫谤辞路迟别肠迟顎僡路产濒别 adjective
  • 辫谤辞路迟别肠迟顎卛路产颈濒顎僫路迟测 辫谤辞路迟别肠迟顎卆路产颈濒顎僫路迟测 noun
  • 辞顎卾别谤路辫谤辞路迟别肠迟顎 verb (used with object)
  • 辩耻补顎却颈-辫谤辞路迟别肠迟顎侥诲 adjective
  • 蝉别尘顎卛路辫谤辞路迟别肠迟顎侥诲 adjective
  • un顎叡璋锹烦俦鸪Τ兕僡路产濒别 adjective
  • 耻苍顎卲谤辞路迟别肠迟顎侥诲 adjective
  • 飞别濒濒顎-辫谤辞路迟别肠迟顎侥诲 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of protect1

First recorded in 1520鈥30; from Latin 辫谤艒迟脓肠迟耻蝉 鈥渃overed in front,鈥 past participle of 辫谤艒迟别驳别谤别 鈥渢o cover in front,鈥 equivalent to 辫谤艒- pro- 1 + tegere 鈥渢o cover鈥 (akin to toga, thatch )
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of protect1

C16: from Latin 辫谤艒迟别驳别谤别 to cover before, from pro- 1+ tegere to cover
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Synonym Study

See defend.
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Example Sentences

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Atkins said there was "consensus across the board" on the need to protect the environment, but that "we have to take the public with us".

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Shops and services may have to be forced to accept cash in the future to help protect vulnerable people who rely on it, MPs have said.

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Energy companies are still targeting 30 June "as things stand", Mr Hammond added, and are developing plans for a "managed and very careful phase down of the system", aiming to protect vulnerable customers.

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When to step in, and when to allow nature to run its course, because we can鈥檛 always be around to protect?

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"When a big company detects that the frequency is moving out of their tolerance, they can go offline to protect their equipment," said Prof Hannah Christensen at the University of Oxford.

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