1The action of protecting, or the state of being protected.

维生素B能防治感染。

他的儿子受到警察保护。

1. 1.1 A person or thing that protects someone or something.
   保护人；保护物
   the castle was built as protection against the Saxons

   这个城堡是为防备撒克逊人而造的。

   in singular a protection against the evil eye

   对付那邪恶眼睛的防护物。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Now they have no protection, and their houses are vulnerable to catching fire in the heat and high winds.
   • The guns are very loud when they fire, so it's best to have some measure of protection against the noise.
   • With respect to the abduction of the Egyptian ambassador, it was quite odd to see the ambassador leaving his house with no protection.
   • Shelter is protection from the elements, something between me and where I am.
   • Ironically, even the most dangerous stinging jellies offer shelter and protection to small fish.
   • The gunmen then took control of the building and were last night using their hostages as human shields as protection against the police.
   • The March 1 ritual is connected to the legends of the aura of amulets used as protection from evil eyes.
   • It uses its host as both shelter and protection from predators.
   • This wide comfort zone allows cattle to thrive under diverse climatic conditions with little or no need for shelter or protection.
   • Sage grouse depend on healthy sage grasslands, especially dense stands of brush, for shelter and protection.
   • A hedgerow acts as a great foods reserve for insects and birds, protection for wildlife, shelter and feed for livestock and it can also act as a fine stock proof barrier.
   • The coin serves as a wish for wealth, and the blue wool or beads are additional protection from the evil eye.
   • The birds come here because food, shelter and protection are assured here.

   Synonyms

   barrier, buffer, shield, screen, hedge, cushion, preventive, preventative, armour, safeguard

   refuge, bulwark, bastion, wall
2. 1.2usually protectionscount noun A legal or other formal measure intended to preserve civil liberties and rights.
   保护国民自由和权利的法律或措施
   most Western countries provide constitutional protections for the civil and political rights of their citizens

   Example sentencesExamples

   • It does give us certain legal rights, protections and responsibilities, and that seemed like the main reason to do it.
   • It brings a lot of the workers under legal protections of U.S. labor law, which should benefit them.
   • There is no doubt that the Parliament could so legislate, constitutional protections aside.
   • They will have no right to a lawyer or other constitutionally guaranteed protections.
   • A private school may not offer the legal protections given to public school students.
   • It outlines legal protections for privacy and summarises important issues relating to surveillance.
   • There will be additional protections for workers categorised as vulnerable under the Act.
   • These procedures sound gentle but they also have the virtue of being cheap and fast, since normal legal processes and protections can be skipped.
   • They are no longer protected by even the most elementary legal protections.
   • State laws providing additional protections to consumers are not affected by this new rule.
   • There must be some advertence to the protections afforded by the Charter for trial within a reasonable time.
   • Gay and lesbian couples are already raising children, and those children need legal and social protections.
   • It is normal practise to suspend many legal protections during wartime.
   • While the legal protections are mostly clear, some parts of internet libel law are still unsettled.
   • The idea that the state has to prove the guilt of an accused person and that we are innocent until proved guilty is a protection for all of us.
   • She also said the law does not violate constitutional free-speech protections.
   • But women who have been trafficked are still not guaranteed any protections under law.
   • Roommates, siblings, and other human arrangements would benefit from such legal protections as a civil union.
   • It raises questions about protections for the rights of individuals.
   • Is minority self-government subject to constitutional protections of individual civil and political rights?
3. 1.3count noun A document guaranteeing immunity from harm to the person specified in it.
   保护指定人免受伤害的文件
   Example sentencesExamples

   • As a corollary, all Charter protections that are relevant in the criminal context must apply.
   • The bill has included a protection for vulnerable workers when a business is sold or its work is passed to a new contractor.
4. 1.4 The practice of paying money to criminals so as to prevent them from attacking oneself or one's property.
   （罪犯勒索的）保护费支付
   as modifier a protection racket

   敲诈保护费的团伙行为。

   protection money

   敲诈保护费的团伙行为。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • What really bothers people is when they are required to pay protection money in an area.
   • Rumors of brutality increased the cache of despots, augmenting their income through the collection of protection money and taxes.
   • Joe eventually makes it to a level that attracts the big protection rackets, acquires money and eventually is pitted against a big name.
   • The town made the news 10 years ago when a local hotelier made a stand against the mafia and refused to pay protection money.
   • His organisation is motivated by money - from protection rackets and drugs.
   • Right-wing paramilitary death squads operate in the region, often demanding protection money from the banana producers.
   • He also claims that one businessman on the estate was approached by the gang for protection money.
   • Large profits were made from booty and ransom, and by exacting protection money from the cities.
   • They said they wanted protection money from the vendors.
   • In one school in the South of London, for example, we knew of a group of students who acted like an organized ring and were demanding protection money from other students.
   • Next, the Mafia came and asked for protection money.
   • Extortion, blackmail, protection money are part of the daily life of the slums.
   • True, some of the gangs transferred to other criminal activities, like protection racketeering.
   • Smuggling, bribery, protection rackets and the rise of criminal mafias are some of the common symptoms of rigidly controlled economies.
   • Minor missions in the game deal with incursions on their territory by rival gangs as well as exploring the twisted mentality of protection money.
   • It is also interesting to note that these are reported offences and do not account for people who are being threatened on a daily basis by gangs who entice businesses for protection money.
   • The protection money and ransoms governments or insurgents extort from oil companies do not prolong the violence.
   • The owner of the brothels subsequently alleged that the raids were mounted after he refused to pay protection money to the officers.
   • By paying protection money they are increasing the threat to other businesses.
   • As a nation of warrior nomads, they had either attacked or demanded protection money from any outsiders entering their kingdom.
5. 1.5 Protection money paid to criminals, especially on a regular basis.
   （尤指定期向歹徒交纳的）保护费
   Example sentencesExamples

   • In the 1970s and 1980s, gang culture was endemic with virtually every small business forced to pay protection money or move out.
   • Taxes in turn became tribute, or protection money, paid to a local warlord to prevent lands from being pillaged.
   • At the time, some members of his Four Seas Gang wanted to muscle in on a rival gang's turf and begin extorting protection money from small businesses.
   • I also know that some of these rogue elements gain businesses by threatening businessmen and demanding protection money.
   • People are forced to pay protection money and business owners often pay several groups who impose taxes on them.
6. 1.6Climbing The number and quality of running belays or other equipment employed to safeguard a pitch.
   〔登山〕安全保护器材数量与质量
   most European climbers drill bolts into rock rather than using removable protection

   Example sentencesExamples

   • It also ranks harder than any other route in the world climbed in the traditional way, where the rope is carried up by the climber and clipped into removable protection placed in the rock as they move.
   • You heard that correct, no pitons, no chocks, no carabiners, no protection to secure the ropes in the event of a fall.
   • Perhaps a rock route using only natural features and removable protection could have been chosen.
7. 1.7archaic Used euphemistically to refer to the keeping of a mistress by her lover in a separate establishment.
   〈古，婉〉供养姘妇
   she was living under his lordship's protection at Gloucester Gate

   她住在格洛斯特门，当着爵爷的情人。