v.动词
protect from, protect againstprotect from和protect against都是“保护…以防…”“防御…”的意思,其区别是：
1.当防御的对象是“危害”或较小的事情,如冷气等时,要用protect from; 当防御的对象是“袭击”或较大的事情,如天灾时,要用protect against。
2.protect against强调防止against的宾语做某事; protect from则强调保护protect的宾语不受…。例如:
protect A from B's attack
保护A不受B的攻击
protect A against B's attack
防止B攻击A
protect, defend, guard, safeguard, shield这组词的共同意思是“保护”。其区别是：
1.defend指对迫在眉睫的危险或侵袭而采取武力或其他手段防御,也可指为某人辩护或捍卫原则的纯洁性; guard指小心翼翼地保持警惕,防止实际存在的或可能发生的危险,以确保人身安全; safeguard指采用保护措施防御潜在的危险; protect指借用某种东西作为防御、保护的工具,使人或物免受伤害; shield指将防护物置放在保护者和伤害物之间,有遮挡的意思。例如:
The soldiers defended the castle.士兵们守卫城堡。
The player was guarded closely by her opponent.那名运动员被她的对手紧紧地看住。
This special cream will protect your skin from the burning sun.这种独特的乳霜可以保护皮肤免受烈日的伤害。
This agreement will safeguard the newspapers from government interference.这项协定将保护报界免遭政府干预。
The police were equipped with riot shields.警察配备了防护盾牌。2.protect和shield两者相比较, shield在避开危险的成功率上没有protect高。
3.这组词中语气最强烈的是safeguard。
defend，protect，safeguard，guard，shield，shelter，harbour这些动词均有“保护、保卫”之意。
defend普通用词，指用武力或其它措施使人或物不受损害，消除危险。用作比喻时，指坚持某种行动、决定或意见。
protect普通用词，指用某种手段作为防御工具以防危险或伤害。
safeguard语气强，指采取积极措施预防可能发生的一切攻击或危险。
guard普通用词，指保持警惕以防可能的攻击或伤害。
shield语气比protect强，但侧重防止迫在眉睫的攻击或伤害。
shelter通常指寻找安全地方躲避风雨或使人免遭危害。
harbour贬义词，指隐匿或非法保护、窝藏。
15世纪中期进入英语，直接源自拉丁语的protectus，意为保护。
用作动词 v.
～+名词protect a driver保护驾驶员protect a person保护某人protect country保护国家protect individual right保护个人权利protect one's reputation维护自己的名声protect plants保护植物protect the environment保护环境protect the eyes保护眼睛protect trees保护树木～+副词protect amply充分保护protect automatically自动地保护protect dubiously警戒protect effectively有效地保护protect financially经济上保护protect honourably正当防卫protect legally合法地保护protect parentally父母般地保护protect sacredly神圣地保护protect scientifically科学地保护protect sedulously小心周到地保护～+介词protect against保护…免遭…protect against attack保护…免受袭击protect from保护…免遭…protect sb from danger保护某人免遭危险protect with shield用盾保护…
用作动词v.
protect against〔from〕 v.+prep.
保护,保卫 keep sb/sth safe from harm, etc.; defend sb/sth
protect sb/sth against〔from〕 sb/sthThis medicine will protect you against a return of the illness.这种药会防止你的疾病复发。
These tree belts effectively protect the farmland against shifting sand.这些防护林带有效地保护了农田,使之免受流沙侵袭。
A line of forts was built along the border to protect the country against attack.在边界沿线修筑了堡垒保护国家免受攻击。
This special cream will protect your skin from the burning sun.这种独特的乳霜可以保护皮肤免受烈日的伤害。
She protected her eyes from the sun with her hand.她用手遮住太阳以保护她的眼睛。
He raised his arm to protect his face from the blow.他抬起手臂保护脸免受打击。
May God protect you from harm this night.愿上帝保佑你今夜免受伤害。
You should protect the children from the cold.你们应该保护孩子不让其受冻。
It's hopeless trying to protect your child from the harmful effect of television until the material improves.在电视内容改进之前,想使你的孩子不受电视的有害影响是没用的。
His throat was protected by a scarf from the night air.他用围巾来保护嗓子以防晚上的凉风。
We must be protected against sudden attacks.我们必须对突然袭击做好戒备。近义词 saveguardconvoydefendsecuresheltersafeguard反义词 attackthreat
用作动词v.
用作及物动词
S+～+ n./pron.May God protect you.愿上帝保佑你。
It is my duty to protect my sisters.保护姐妹是我的责任。
We should protect children.我们应该保护儿童。
A football player wears a helmet to protect his head.橄榄球运动员戴了头盔来保护脑袋。
Such a thin coat can't protect the cold in such mountain area.这么薄的外衣在这个山区是无法御寒的。
They were fighting to protect their country.他们在为保卫祖国而战。
They tried their best to protect home industries.他们尽全力保护国内工业。
I must protect my own interests.我必须保护自己的利益。
The union was formed to protect the miners' rights and interests.建立起工会是为了保护矿工的权益。
These rare birds are protected by special laws—they are a protected species.这些珍禽受到专门法令的保护——它们是受保护的物种。
Electric wires are protected by a rubber covering.电线靠橡皮外壳来保护。
Women and children's rights are protected by law in our country.在我国,妇女和儿童的权利受法律保护。
The country's car industry is so strongly protected that foreign cars are rarely seen there.该国对本国的汽车工业严加保护,外国汽车甚为罕见。
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。
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.These gallant soldiers will protect our country.这些勇敢的士兵会保卫我们的国家的。
These rare tigers areprotectedby special laws.这些珍贵的老虎受到专门法律的保护。
Many of the homes weren'tprotectedagainst flood damage.许多家庭没有投水灾的保。