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单词 self-protection
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Definition of self-protection in English:

self-protection

nounsɛlfprəˈtɛkʃ(ə)n
mass noun
  • Protection of oneself or itself.

    自我保护

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Its message is not only protection of kin but self-protection.
    • As a measure of self-protection for itself and as a service to taxpayers, a system of clearer, more intelligent, relevant benchmarks should be implemented.
    • The course also covers basic self-protection.
    • People have been looking after each other, locked in mutual embraces of self-interest and self-protection.
    • In short, the male antelope underscores the importance of self-protection, and his spiky mane evokes defense of the sort a porcupine might offer.
    • This allows individuals to make informed choices to provide self-protection and resiliency in living their lives.
    • The second project will provide electronic warfare self-protection for a range of tactical ADF aircraft at a cost of over $250 million.
    • I believe that we have an inner sense of self-protection and a fierce protectiveness for our children.
    • Obesity shows a desire for self-protection and a defence against anxiety and feelings of guilt.
    • If you wish to claim world leadership - which we do - you have to be willing to use your strength for something other than self-protection.
    • Citizens still need take self-protection against SARS.
    • United Airlines also said it was starting a special training programme for flight attendants, aimed at both self-protection and assisting passengers.
    • The people affected by Britain's ever-tighter gun controls are the citizenry, denied access to firearms for leisure or self-protection.
    • Still, I'll take libertarianism any way I can get it, and if it comes from people's desire for self-protection, that's not bad.
    • On the contrary, for the further development of charitable causes, both individuals and organizations need to strengthen self-protection.
    • Industry sources also said part of the problem lies in the fact that local residents still lack knowledge in the insurance industry and, thus, are not able to do much in terms of self-protection.
    • The applicants have been turned down because the owners failed to provide sufficient motivation as to why they need a firearm for self-protection.
    • It is here that government is most likely to be acting on the basis of illegitimate considerations such as self-protection, or protection of powerful private groups.
    • Over-preoccupation with self-protection will mean lower efficiency.
    • It could be his last and only means of self-protection.

Derivatives

  • self-protective

  • adjectiveˌsɛlfprəˈtɛktɪv
    • Young people recognised that sticking together in groups could, in spite of their self-protective intentions, appear threatening to some adults.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He was also a self-protective bachelor who fell in love and got married in his 40s, but that comes in the next volume of letters.
      • Although even earlier thinkers such as Hume, Gibbon, and Voltaire (to name the most notable) had attacked Christianity and superstition, they usually did so under the cover of self-protective irony.
      • How could they participate in an effort that could defend their values, advocate more opening, more understanding, a better and wider vision of the world, and counteract the ongoing self-protective and reactionary state of minds?
      • Distasteful as this may now seem, it is important to recognise such attitudes as fundamental to the self-protective mechanism developed by generations of Catholics in response to traditional ‘put-downs’.

Definition of self-protection in US English:

self-protection

nounˈˌself prəˈtekSHən
  • Protection of oneself or itself.

    自我保护

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The second project will provide electronic warfare self-protection for a range of tactical ADF aircraft at a cost of over $250 million.
    • Its message is not only protection of kin but self-protection.
    • Citizens still need take self-protection against SARS.
    • Obesity shows a desire for self-protection and a defence against anxiety and feelings of guilt.
    • Industry sources also said part of the problem lies in the fact that local residents still lack knowledge in the insurance industry and, thus, are not able to do much in terms of self-protection.
    • In short, the male antelope underscores the importance of self-protection, and his spiky mane evokes defense of the sort a porcupine might offer.
    • I believe that we have an inner sense of self-protection and a fierce protectiveness for our children.
    • Still, I'll take libertarianism any way I can get it, and if it comes from people's desire for self-protection, that's not bad.
    • This allows individuals to make informed choices to provide self-protection and resiliency in living their lives.
    • It is here that government is most likely to be acting on the basis of illegitimate considerations such as self-protection, or protection of powerful private groups.
    • On the contrary, for the further development of charitable causes, both individuals and organizations need to strengthen self-protection.
    • United Airlines also said it was starting a special training programme for flight attendants, aimed at both self-protection and assisting passengers.
    • As a measure of self-protection for itself and as a service to taxpayers, a system of clearer, more intelligent, relevant benchmarks should be implemented.
    • It could be his last and only means of self-protection.
    • People have been looking after each other, locked in mutual embraces of self-interest and self-protection.
    • The course also covers basic self-protection.
    • The people affected by Britain's ever-tighter gun controls are the citizenry, denied access to firearms for leisure or self-protection.
    • The applicants have been turned down because the owners failed to provide sufficient motivation as to why they need a firearm for self-protection.
    • If you wish to claim world leadership - which we do - you have to be willing to use your strength for something other than self-protection.
    • Over-preoccupation with self-protection will mean lower efficiency.
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