【protect音标】 英[prəˈtekt] 美[prəˈtekt]
【单词释义】 protect是什么意思：
vt.保护，保卫；贸易保护；备款以支付
[单词分级] 中考英语词汇
[第三人称单数] protects
[单词现在分词] protecting
[单词过去式] protected
[单词过去分词] protected
【关联词/派生词】
protection n.保护；防卫
protective adj.保护的，防护的；保护贸易的
protectionism n. [U] 保护主义；贸易保护主义；贸易保护制度
protector n.保护器；保护者；保护装置；防御者
protectionist n. 贸易保护主义者
【protect形近词/近似词】
architect n.建筑师
detect vt.查明，发现；洞察；侦察出
【近义词解析】
◇ 保护，保卫
defend (v. 保护，防御，保卫)：通常指用武装力量保护，使某人、某物、某处免受袭击。
guard (v. 保卫，守卫)：指警惕地守护以防止造成伤害、损失等。
protect (v. 保护，护卫)：普通用词，指采取手段使某人不生病或某物不受损害等。
shield ([四级]v. 保护，保卫)：通常指保护人、企业等免受伤害或损失。
【单词例句】
◇ If I give birth to a little son, I will raise a white flag. If I give birth to a little daughter, I will raise a red flag, and then you should escape as fast as you can, and may God protect you.
如果我生下的是个小弟弟，我就升起一面白旗，你们就可以回来了。如果我生下的是个小妹妹，我就升起一面红旗，你们就赶紧远走高飞，愿上帝保佑你们。
---- The Twelve Brothers
◇ Last year, scientists saw some monkeys rubbing themselves with a certain kind of insects to protect themselves from fierce mosquitoes biting. According to the result of the inspection, they found that the insect contains a powerful drug, so local farmers were employed to catch the insects.
去年，科学家观察到猴子在身上擦某种昆虫来保护自己不受凶猛的蚊子的叮咬。根据检查的结果，他们发现这种昆虫含有一种具有强大效力的药物，于是，当地的农民都被雇来抓虫子。
---- Wildlife Protection
◇ And when it comes to boosting your mood, improving your memory, and protecting your brain against age-related cognitive decline, research suggests exercise may be as close to a wonder drug as we'll get.
当谈到改善情绪、增强记忆力以及预防大脑因年老产生认知衰退时，研究人员表示，锻炼可能是我们最唾手可得的“灵丹妙药”。
---- Common fitness misconceptions
◇ And do not leave clothes in the clear plastic wrapping that they come back from the dry cleaners in. This is to protect the clothes during transit but should be removed before they are placed in your closet so the clothes can breathe.
不要把衣物放在干洗店送回的透明塑料包装袋里。包装袋是为了在运送过程中保护衣物，但放入衣柜之前应该将塑料袋拿掉，这样衣物才能透气。
---- How to hang, wash, and care for clothes
◇ The process also gives each side of your nose a break, since a constant stream of heavily flowing air can dry it out and kill off the small hairs that protect you from foreign contaminants.
这一过程也能让你的两个鼻孔稍微休息一下，因为如果不断有大量空气流过鼻孔，会导致鼻孔干燥并损害鼻毛，鼻毛能够保护你不受外来污染物伤害。