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单词 protective
释义 pro·tec·tive
I. \prəˈtektiv, -tēv also -əv\ adjective
Etymology: protect + -ive
1. : protecting or intended to protect : affording or serving as a safeguard : providing a defense or shelter against danger or harm : tending to shield
 < many shore animals have protective color and patterns which enable them to blend with their surroundings — W.H.Dowdeswell >
 < failure to use protective masks in the numerous grinding operations — Lewis Mumford >
 < she felt protective towards him — Olive Johnson >
2. : based on or relating to the economic principles of protection : affording or designed to afford protection
 < protective duties >
3. : imposed as a means of or under the guise of insuring protection from public hostility
 < protective arrest >
 < if he's tight, return him to his ship under protective custody — D.R.Morris >
II. noun
(-s)
1. : something that serves for protection
2. : an agent (as a medicine or a dressing) that protects the body or one of its parts (as from irritation or injury)
 < vitamins are protectives against certain deficiency diseases >
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