protective role

collocation in English

meanings of protectiveand role

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protective
adjective
uk /prəˈtek.tɪv/ us /prəˈtek.tɪv/
giving ...
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role
noun[C]
uk /rəʊl/ us /roʊl/
the position or purpose that someone or something has in a situation, organization, society, ...
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Examples of protective role

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Tumor necrosis factor plays a protectiverole in experimental murine cutaneous leishmaniasis.
This study suggests that adopting a more protectiverole was considered by sons as gender-appropriate.
The protectiverole of coping and social resources for depressive symptoms among young adolescents.
Conversely, aspects of positive affect may also play a protectiverole in young people with depression.
However, they argue, most parents "repair" this violation of the protectiverole by immediately providing comfort, soothing the infant, and then guarding against repetition.
As we have seen, the law is acutely uneasy with letting go of its protectiverole in the lives of young people.
This casts doubt on the protectiverole of these antibodies.
We found a strong gender differential in the protectiverole of marriage, with men significantly favoured over women.
If these living arrangements reveal a clear desire to protect senior family members, it is logical to think that family played an important protectiverole.
This goal is consistent with the use of an age criterion to fulfil a protectiverole.
Taking these results into consideration, we propose that eosinophils have a protectiverole against tissue migrating worms in both primary and secondary infections.
Having a "fairly good attitude of enjoying life" before getting ill played a strong protectiverole in coping with cancer.
The results suggest that being married provides a protectiverole against mortality in later life only for men.
Within this high-risk public environment women who breast fed were able to play an important protectiverole.
Preliminary data suggest that this protectiverole may involve regulation of the level of the antioxidant glutathione in astrocytes.
The amendment seeks to remove the potential damage to that public protectiverole.
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In the last decade we have experienced critical periods in which this protectiverole has been put to the test.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
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