provides protection• The Act provides protection from suits by clients or employers for breaches of confidentiality.• Also, the atmosphereprovides protection from the ultra violet light produced by the Sun.• Integrityprovides protection against partiality or deceit or other forms of official corruption, for example.• It provides protection for up to 16 serial lines.• It provides protection for you all the way.• The plan, known as Lawclub, provides protection up to £50,000 a claim.• The service provides protection for the primeminister.• This provides protection which will stop all but the smallest fish getting through.
protection racket• To have 32 seeds in a 128 women's singles draw, would be nothing less than a protection racket.• Yorris's youth organisation is involved in gambling, prostitution and protection rackets.• It was odd to find him in charge of such a low-levelenterprise as the Vadinamian protection racket.• A reclusive ex-rock-star's Londonmansion is used as a hideout by a violent protection racketthug, played by James Fox.• The money they had to pay the sheep for the CuddlyWoollyProtection Racket did seem a lot.
2ECONOMICS when a government tries to help an industry in its country by taxing foreign goods that compete with it, so limiting the number that can be imported
The lowering of protection faces resistance from the region’s industrialists.
3INSURANCE the promise of payment from an insurance company if something bad happens
The conditions of the policy include protection against accidental damage.
ADJECTIVE | ... OF PROTECTION | VERB + PROTECTION | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤adequate, effective, good, great充分的/有效的/良好的/很好的保護➤added, additional, extra附加的保護;額外的保護➤special特殊保護➤complete, full, maximum完全的/全面的/最大程度的保護➤basic基本保護▸➤constitutional, legal憲法/法律保護▸➤police警方的保護◇Witnesses at the trial were given police protection.審判時證人受到了警方的保護。➤animal, child, consumer, data, environmental, personal, privacy, wilderness, wildlife, witness對動物/兒童/消費者/數據/環境/個人/隱私/荒野/野生生物/證人的保護◇She carries a gun in her bag for personal protection.她包裏帶着一把槍以自衞。◇a witness-protection scheme (BrE) 證人保護計劃◇a witness-protection program (NAmE) 證人保護方案◇Animal protection supporters gathered to protest against hunting.支持動物保護的人聚集起來抗議狩獵。➤fire, flood防火;防洪◇Fire-protection equipment must be available on all floors.各樓層都必須有防火設備。➤sun, UV防曬;防紫外線◇sun-protection products防曬產品➤bankruptcy破產保護➤copy, copyright, patent副本/版權/專利保護➤antivirus, password防病毒保護;密碼保護... OF PROTECTION➤degree保護程度◇A helmet affords the rider some degree of protection against injury.頭盔能在一定程度上減少騎車人受傷的可能性。VERB + PROTECTION➤afford (sb), ensure (sb), give (sb), offer (sb), provide (sb with)(向某人)提供保護➤need, require需要保護➤seek, want尋求/想要保護➤have有保護PREPOSITION➤under the protection of在⋯保護之下◇The site is under the protection of UNESCO.該遺址受聯合國教科文組織的保護。◇Many wild animals are now under the protection of the Wildlife and Countryside Act.許多野生動物現在受到《野生生物及鄉野法》的保護。➤protection against防止⋯◇Fill the cooling system with antifreeze as a protection against frost.在冷卻系統中添加防凍劑以防止凍結。➤protection for為⋯保護◇Governments must provide protection for their workers.各國政府必須為工人提供保護。➤protection from防止⋯◇The wall gives the plants protection from the wind.這座牆保護植物不受風害。PHRASES➤a means of protection保護方法◇The skunk releases a pungent smell as a means of protection.臭鼬釋放刺鼻的氣味來保護自己。➤for sb's own protection為保護某人自己◇She was put into a psychiatric hospital for her own protection.她被送入精神病醫院以保護自己。