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protection

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pro·tec·tion /prəˈtekʃən/ ●●● S2 W2 noun  
1  [uncountableU]PROTECT when someone or something is protected 保护；防护
protection of
 the protection of the environment
环境保护
protection against/from
 evidence that vitamin C gives protection against cancer
维生素C可以预防癌症的根据
protection for
 This law provides protection for threatened animals and plants.
这项法律保护了濒危动植物。
for protection
 The police were issued with body armour for extra protection.
警察配发了防弹衣以加强保护。
2  [countableC, uncountableU] something that protects 防护物
as (a) protection (against something)
 Magee pulled up his collar as protection against the breeze.
马吉竖起了衣领来挡风。
3. [uncountableU]BFI the promise of payment from an insurance company if something bad happens 〔保险〕保障 SYN coverage
4  [uncountableU] contraception 避孕（措施）
 Do you have any protection?
你有避孕措施吗？
5  [uncountableU]SCC when criminals threaten to damage your property or hurt you unless you pay them money 保护费
 protection money
保护费
 a protection racket (=the illegal activity of demanding money for protection)
〔非法〕收取保护费
n COLLOCATIONS
verbs
give/provide protection (also offer/afford protection formal)
One dose of the vaccine provides protection against TB during childhood.
They say they are afforded no protection whatsoever by the security forces.
need protection (also require protection formal)
He seemed to think that she needed protection.
seek protection
They were forced to seek the protection of the army.
phrases
a degree/measure of protection (=some protection)
The shelter gave us a measure of protection against the bitter cold.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + protection
good protection
This lightweight jacket gives good protection from the rain and wind.
adequate protection
Some car seats for children did not provide adequate protection.
complete protection
No security system can ever give complete protection against a determined thief.
greater/better protection
The law should give greater protection to victims.
data protection
security issues such as data protection
environmental protection
A draft agreement on environmental protection for Antarctica was discussed.
consumer protection
The consumer protection regulations will include new online shopping rules.
child protection
Officers from the child protection team were called in after the girl turned to a neighbour for help.
police protection (=protection by the police)
He eventually managed to leave under heavy police protection.
Examples from the Corpus
protection• Alternatively, you could join a card protection scheme.• Other measures gave us the state lottery, coastline protection, guaranteed levels of school finance and term limits.• a bill providing environmental protections• Since the birds were in a cold room I believe the filter matting provided extra protection from the low temperatures.• The businessman should be better able to take care of himself in the transaction, and therefore should require little protection.• At the time, the law gave women very little protection from violent husbands.• Ironically, fitness is no protection.• Their light summer clothes were no protection against the bitter cold.• In the unconscious the hunter is seen as the symbol of protection.• 24-hour police protection• Vitamin C provides some protection against minor illnesses.• This applies to protection from rain and other water sources.
provides protection• The Act provides protection from suits by clients or employers for breaches of confidentiality.• Also, the atmosphere provides protection from the ultra violet light produced by the Sun.• Integrity provides 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 prime minister.• This provides protection which will stop all but the smallest fish getting through.
as (a) protection (against something)• With only green Infantry available as protection for the guns, this was a dangerous move.• Roebling had, in effect, fashioned a single hollow beam as protection against cumulative undulations.• It may be short-term, for example as a protection against influenza, or almost life-long, for example against diphtheria.• That's part of the character I am - I use humour as a protection.• But Famlio didn't take long to see other possibilities, in the established traditional of what is ironically known as protection.• In the thirteenth century, a bishop had ordered the castle to be built and manned as a protection.• As soon as they are replaced they are broken again and the church authorities are considering wire netting as a protection.• About 400,000 Hong Kong residents, or 8 percent of the population, hold foreign passports as protection.
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-level enterprise as the Vadinamian protection racket.• A reclusive ex-rock-star's London mansion is used as a hideout by a violent protection racket thug, played by James Fox.• The money they had to pay the sheep for the Cuddly Woolly Protection Racket did seem a lot.
From Longman Business Dictionary
protectionpro·tec·tion /prəˈtekʃən/ noun [uncountableU]
1the act of protecting something, or the state of being protected
Milk testing will add another layer of protection for consumers.
protection against
Many people buy insurance as protection against an unexpected illness.
legal protection for workers’ rights
→ bankrutpcy protection → Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection → consumer protection → data protection → investor protection → job protection → patent protection
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.
pro·tec·tion noun →n COLLOCATIONS1
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