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单词 protection
释义 Noun: protection  pru'tekshun
  1. The activity of protecting someone or something
    "the witnesses demanded police protection" 
  2. A covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury
    "they had no protection from the fallout"; "wax provided protection for the floors"
    - protective covering, protective cover 
  3. Defence against financial failure; financial independence
    "insurance provided protection against loss of wages due to illness"
    - security 
  4. The condition of being protected
    "they were huddled together for protection"; "he enjoyed a sense of peace and protection in his new home"
    - shelter 
  5. Kindly endorsement and guidance
    - auspices, aegis 
  6. The imposition of duties or quotas on imports in order to protect domestic industry against foreign competition
    "he made trade protection a plank in the party platform"
    - trade protection 
  7. Payment extorted by gangsters on threat of violence
    "every store in the neighbourhood had to pay him protection"
    - tribute

Derived forms: protections

See also: protect

Type of: activity, assets, covering, endorsement, extortion, imposition, indorsement, infliction, security

Encyclopedia: Protection Protection, KS Protection, Kansas

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