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protective

/pruh-tek-tiv/US // prəˈtɛk tɪv //UK // (prəˈtɛktɪv) //

保护性的,保护性,保护性措施

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : having the quality or function of protecting: a protective covering.
    • : tending to protect.
    • : Economics. of, relating to, or designed to favor protectionism: protective tariffs.
    • : defensive.

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Examples

  • Storing your maskAfter removing your mask, proper storage is the final step for preserving your personal protective equipment until it’s time to put it on again.

  • Teachers in New York City threatened to strike before reaching an agreement with the school system in the fall over testing and personal protective equipment, a battle that forced the mayor to repeatedly delay the start of school.

  • Standing next to Cecil with all that protective gear on, we also understand what those doctors and nurses do every day.

  • His condition worsened and his daughter came from Colorado with personal protective equipment to visit him at a hospital.

  • After all, back in the fall teachers said they’d only need proper protective equipment and testing procedures in place.

  • By drawing boundaries against wrongful conduct, law provides a protective zone of freedom within those boundaries.

  • For instance, how do you balance honesty with any protective urge?

  • And not that anyone would know I have a self-protective urge, but I do have one.

  • Former Texas governor Ann Richards was a big fan of the Texas Rangers, a contingent of which was her protective detail.

  • Overnight people shed their fears, their protective camouflage and their restraints.

  • The ideas are simpler, the numina seem less cold and more protective, the worshippers more sensible of divine aid.

  • He put it in his garden, arranged a small protective wire cylinder around it, and sprinkled it with water.

  • But even an age of war and pestilence could be observed without torment from behind the protective shields of the Time Machine.

  • But I would tolerate, welcome, indeed, plead for a stiff protective duty upon foreign goods.

  • For this reason they have built up a protective instinct against fire.