āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
to protect
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āĻ°āĻā§āĻˇāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻ¸ā§āĻ°āĻā§āĻˇāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž
to prevent someone or something from being damaged or harmed
Transitive: to protect sb/sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Each company is fighting to protect its own commercial interests.
āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻ¸ā§āĻŦ āĻŦāĻžāĻŖāĻŋāĻā§āĻ¯āĻŋāĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻ°āĻā§āĻˇāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻ˛āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ āĻāĻ°āĻā§āĨ¤
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āĻ°āĻā§āĻˇāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāĻŽāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž
(of insurance) to provide protection against fire, injury, damage, etc.
Intransitive: to protect against a risk
Transitive: to protect sb/sth against a risk
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The company offers policies that protect against property damage and liability.
āĻā§āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻĒāĻ˛āĻŋāĻ¸āĻŋ āĻ
āĻĢāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻ¯āĻž āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ° āĻā§āĻˇāĻ¤āĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻĻāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻŦāĻĻā§āĻ§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻā§āĻ§ā§ āĻ¸ā§āĻ°āĻā§āĻˇāĻž āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĻāĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĨ¤
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āĻ°āĻā§āĻˇāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻāĻ° āĻ§āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to impose taxes on goods from other countries to support the industry of one's own country
Transitive: to protect a domestic industry
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
To protect their agriculture, the country placed heavy duties on imported crops.
āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻā§āĻˇāĻŋāĻā§ āĻ°āĻā§āĻˇāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯, āĻĻā§āĻļāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŽāĻĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻĢāĻ¸āĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻžāĻ°ā§ āĻļā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻĒ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĨ¤
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āĻ°āĻā§āĻˇāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻ¸ā§āĻ°āĻā§āĻˇāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž
to introduce a set of laws that prohibit the killing, harming, or damaging of particular animals in specified regions or districts
Transitive: to protect a species
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The plant is protected under the Wildlife and Countryside Act.
āĻāĻĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŖā§ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŽā§āĻŖ āĻāĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻ
āĻ§ā§āĻ¨ā§ āĻ¸ā§āĻ°āĻā§āĻˇāĻŋāĻ¤āĨ¤
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āĻ°āĻā§āĻˇāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻ¸ā§āĻ°āĻā§āĻˇāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to use passwords or encryptions to limit or prevent unauthorized access to a web page, data, etc.
Transitive: to protect digital data
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
They protected their online accounts with complex passwords to prevent unauthorized access.
āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ
āĻ¨āĻ¨ā§āĻŽā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ
ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻ¸ā§āĻ¸ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻ§ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻĒāĻžāĻ¸āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĄ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ
āĻ¨āĻ˛āĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻ
ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻžāĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻ°āĻā§āĻˇāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
overprotect
protected
protecting
protect
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
