词汇 | protection |
释义 | PROTECTION safety in numbers safety through concealment in large numbers of people or other creatures.We stayed close together, thinking that there was safety in numbers.The elderly people went out together for a walk, knowing that there was safety in numbers. save someone's skin and save someone's neck to save someone from injury, embarrassment, or punishment. (Informal.)I saved my skin by getting the job done on time.Thanks for saving my neck! I would have fallen down the stairs if you hadn't held my arm. stand over someone to monitor or watch over someone.You don't have to stand over me. I can do it by myself.I know from previous experience that if I don't stand over you, you'll never finish. PROTECTION - LACKING leave oneself wide open for something and leave oneself wide open to something to invite criticism or joking about oneself; to fail to protect oneself from criticism or ridicule.Yes, that was a harsh remark, Jane, but you left yourself wide open to it.I can't complain about your joke. I left myself wide open for it. protection noun 1 contraception, especially a condom US, 1967. 2 an extortion scheme in which the victim pays the extorting party to protect him from crime, especially crime committed by the extorting party US, 1999 |
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