Picture something placed between what is fragile and what could hurt it: a helmet, an arm around a child, a tax wall at the border. The word describes whatever is doing that shielding — and it can shade from a physical layer into a feeling, and from a feeling into a policy.
可以想成：有東西擋在「脆弱的那一方」和「可能傷害它的力量」中間——一頂安全帽、一隻護著孩子的手臂、邊境上一道稅的牆。這個字形容的就是那個擋著的角色，而它可以從一層實體的防護，滑到一種心情，再滑到一項政策。
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原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
protectiveadj/pɹəˈtɛk.tɪv/
- 1
Serving or intended to protect.
- The fighter dropped into a protective stance.
- The castle's moat served a protective function.
- 2
Wishing to protect; defensive of somebody or something.
- Mother bears are famously protective of their cubs.
protectivenoun/pɹəˈtɛk.tɪv/
- 1
Something that protects.
- 2
A condom.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。