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protection

英/pɹətˈɛkʃən/
美/pɹəˈtɛkʃən/
01n.

保护, 防卫, 贸易保护制度

the activity of protecting someone or something; the condition of being protected; the imposition of duties or quotas on imports in order to protect domestic industry against foreign competition; payment extorted by gangsters on threat of violence