protect

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pro‧tect S2 W2 /prəˈtekt/ BrE AmE verb
[Word Family: noun: ↑protection, ↑protector, ↑protectionism, ↑protectionist, ↑protectiveness, ↑protectorate; adjective: ↑protected ≠ ↑unprotected, ↑protective, ↑protectionist; verb: ↑protect; adverb: ↑protectively]
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Latin; Origin: past participle of protegere, from tegere 'to cover']
1. [intransitive and transitive] to keep someone or something safe from harm, damage, or illness ⇨ protection, protective:
Are we doing enough to protect the environment?
protect somebody/something from something
The cover protects the machine from dust.
protect somebody/something against something
Physical exercise can protect you against heart disease.
protect against
Waxing your car will help protect against rust.
2. [transitive usually passive] if an insurance company protects your home, car, life etc, it agrees to pay you money if things are stolen or damaged or you are hurt or killed SYN cover:
Unemployment insurance means that you are partially protected if you lose your job.
3. [transitive] to help the industry and trade of your own country by taxing or restricting foreign goods
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THESAURUS
▪ protect to keep someone or something safe from harm, damage, or illness: Don’t worry, I’ll protect you. | The government wants to protect the environment. | Eating healthily helps to protect against many diseases.
▪ give/offer/provide protection to protect someone from something harmful: Wearing a hat offers some protection from the sun. | The drug can give protection against cancer. | The law provides no protection.
▪ guard to protect a person, place, or object by staying near them and watching them: Police officers guarded the entrance to the building. | He is guarded by armed men.
▪ save to protect someone or something when they are in danger of being harmed or destroyed: Local people are fighting to save the theatre from demolition. | Emergency aid could save millions of people who are threatened with starvation.
▪ preserve to keep something, especially buildings or the environment, from being harmed, destroyed, or changed too much: The organization works to preserve forests. | There is little money for preserving historic buildings.
▪ safeguard to protect something important, such as people’s rights, interests, jobs, health etc: The deal will safeguard 200 jobs at the factory. | Laws should do more to safeguard the rights of victims.
▪ shield to put something in front of something else to protect it. Also used to talk about protecting people from unpleasant situations: He lifted his hand to shield his eyes from the light. | They thought the public should be shielded from the truth.
▪ shelter to provide a place where someone or something is protected from the weather or from danger: The village is sheltered by a belt of trees. | His family had sheltered Jews during the war.
▪ harbour British English, harbor American English to help and protect someone who has done something illegal, and prevent the police from finding them: He is accused of harbouring suspected terrorists.

protecthu

◎	[prə'tekt]
※	ngoại động từ
	■	(to protect somebody / something against / from something) bảo vệ, bảo hộ, che chở
		☆	to protect someone from/against danger
			che chở ai khỏi bị nguy hiểm
		☆	you need warm clothes to protect yourself against/from the cold
			anh phải mặc quần áo ấm để khỏi bị lạnh
	■	bảo vệ, bảo hộ (nền (công nghiệp) trong nước chống lại sự cạnh tranh của hàng nước ngoài)
		☆	The country's car industry is so strongly protected that foreign cars are rarely seen there
			Công nghiệp xe ô tô trong nước được bảo hộ mạnh mẽ đến nỗi hiếm thấy xe nước ngoài ở đó