Sunscreen helps protect your skin.
防晒霜有助于保护你的皮肤。
Select the best synonym for the word “protect”:
D — safeguard. “protect” means v. to keep safe from harm
A thick, hard shell helps ______ the soft turtle from hungry animals.
B — protect. “protect” means v. to keep safe from harm
protect — v. to keep safe from harm. In Chinese: 保护.
protect is pronounced /prəˈtɛkt/. It breaks into 2 syllables: pro · tect.
Sunscreen helps protect your skin. (防晒霜有助于保护你的皮肤。)
guard, defend, shield — all close in meaning to protect (v. to keep safe from harm).
Yes. protect appears on the iSEE Vocab Basic list, which covers nearly 2,500 words for the ISEE and SSAT.