| 单词 | protection |
| 释义 | rotection n 1 ~ (for sb) (against sth) (a) [U] protecting or being protected 保护; 防卫 appeal for protection from the police 请求警方给予保护 The shady trees provide protection against the burning rays of the sun. 树木成荫可以遮挡炽热的阳光. Our medical insurance offers protection (ie payment for medical treatment) for the whole family in the event of illness. 我们的医疗保险可为生病的任何家庭成员提供保障. (b) [C] thing that protects 防护物 He wore a thick overcoat as a protection against the bitter cold. 他穿著厚实的大衣以抵御严寒. 2 [U] system of protecting (protect 2) home industries by taxing foreign goods 贸易保护措施（藉徵收进口税以保护国内工业） Textile workers favoured protection because they feared an influx of cheap cloth. 纺织工人拥护贸易保护措施, 因为他们担心涌入廉价纺织品. 3 [U] (a) (system of) paying money to gangsters so that one´s business will not be attacked by them （为免生意受歹徒袭扰而向其）缴纳保护费（的做法） [attrib 作定语] The gang were running protection rackets in all the big cities. 这帮歹徒在各大城市里干著勒索保护费的勾当. (b) (also protection money) money paid to gangsters for this purpose （为免受袭扰而向歹徒缴纳的）保护费 He was paying out half his profits as protection. 他把所得利润的一半交给歹徒作为保护费. |
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