【protective音标】 英[prəˈtektɪv] 美[prəˈtektɪv]
【单词释义】 protective是什么意思：
adj.保护的，防护的；保护贸易的；有贸易保护倾向的
[单词分级] 大学英语四级词汇
【关联词/派生词】
protect vt.保护，保卫
protection n.保护；防卫
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
【protective形近词/近似词】
detective n.侦探
collective adj.集体的；共同的 n.集体企业；
selective adj.认真挑选的，严格筛选的；选择性的，有选择的
【单词例句】
◇ "Your saliva is your natural protective mechanism," says Nigel Carter, chief executive of the Oral Health Foundation in the UK, inhibiting bacterial growth and tooth decay. "The saliva flow reduces overnight, so that's why it's very important that all the plaque is cleared away before you sleep."
英国口腔健康基金会首席执行官奈杰尔·卡特说：“你的唾液是你的天然保护机制，”可以抑制细菌生长和蛀牙。“唾液流动在夜间减少，这就是为什么在睡觉前清除所有牙菌斑非常重要。”
---- How to properly brush your teeth
◇ Managing to stop panicking and trembling, we quickly put on our protective suits, helmets and boots and eventually made our way to a safe place.
我们努力使自己不要惊慌和颤抖，迅速穿上保护套装、头盔和靴子，最后成功前往安全的地方。
---- A Volcano Eruption
◇ The lead researcher, Dr Aron Onerup, said "some physical activity is better than none, that more physical activity is better for optimal health outcomes", and emphasised that it is never too late to get fit to reap health protective benefits.
该研究的首席研究员阿伦·奥内洛普博士表示，“有锻炼比没有强，锻炼得越多，身体就越健康”，他还强调，为了健康而锻炼永远不会太晚。
---- Fitness earlier in life reduces cancer risk when older
◇ In women, menopause can speed up bone loss "due to the loss of the protective effects of estrogen on bones," Dr. Arashdeep Litt, an internal medicine physician with Spectrum Health, tells Yahoo Life. That, too, can cause you to get shorter.
健康机构Spectrum Health的内科医生艾拉什迪普·利特博士告诉雅虎生活频道，女性绝经会加速骨质流失，因为“雌性激素对骨骼的保护作用减弱了”，这也会令其变矮。