Protractors

Definition

protect /prǝ'tekt/ v ၁။ ~ sb/ sth (against/ from sth) ကာကြယ္ သည္။ လံုလံုၿခံဳၿခံဳထားသည္။ protect the environment ❍ protect young children from harm ❍ Make sure the young plants are protected from frost. ❍ The interests of part-time workers should be protected. ၂။ (ျပည္ပ ယွဥ္ၿပိဳင္မႈမွ) အေကာက္ခြန္ျမႇင့္၍ ကာကြယ္ေပးထားသည္။ a heavily protected industry. ၃။ ~ sb/ sth (against sth) ( techn ) အာမခံေပးထားသည္။ be protected against loss of income. ❏ protected building n ( US )= LISTED BUILDING

Examples

1. Databases are generally protected by copyright.
2. Are you prepared to protect yourself in case of attack?
3. [protect someone/something from something] : The hat only partially protected his face from the sun.
4. [protect someone/something against something] : This warm jacket will help to protect you against the cold.
5. [protect against] : Many of the homes weren’t protected against flood damage.