v.保护；投保
He raised his arm to protect his child from hurt. 他伸出手去，保护他的孩子免受伤害。
These rare tigers are protected by special laws. 这些珍贵的老虎受到专门法律的保护。
Many of the homes weren't protected against flood damage. 许多家庭没有投水灾的保。
表示“保护……不使受到……的损害或侵犯”时常用结构protect...against/from...来表示，但较大的事件如天灾多用against，小事件如冷气则用from。 Some insurance policies do not protect the insured against acts of God.I was wearing a fur coat to protect myself from the cold.
v.(动词)protect的基本意思是“保护,保卫”,即保护某人或某物不受伤害或破坏,还可指以征收进口税“保护”国内工业。
protect是及物动词,接名词或代词作宾语,可用于被动结构,也可接介词against〔from〕引起的短语充当补足语的复合宾语。
