When we call an animal, a plant, an area of land, or a building protected, we mean the law has put a shield around it: it is illegal to harm or damage it. You must not hunt a protected animal, pick a protected plant, build over a protected forest, or knock down a protected house without permission.

When we call當我們說 an animal, a plant, an area of land, or a building一種動物、一種植物、一塊地或一棟建築 protected是 protected 時，we mean我們的意思是 the law法律 has put a shield around it在它周圍立了一面盾：to harm or damage it傷害或破壞它 is illegal是違法的。You你 must not不可以 hunt a protected animal獵捕受保護的動物、pick a protected plant摘受保護的植物、build over a protected forest在受保護的森林上蓋東西，or without permission或未經許可 knock down拆掉 a protected house一棟受保護的房子

The word is the -ed form of protect, but here it works like a label you see on signs and in news about nature and old buildings.

The word這個詞 is是 protect protect the -ed form of的 -ed 形式，but here但在這裡 it它 works like a label用起來像個標籤，on signs在告示牌上 and in news about nature and old buildings和關於自然與老建築的新聞裡 you see你會看到的那種

Though actually, protected has a wider everyday life too: a password-protected file, a protected childhood. Those still mean kept safe from harm, but this sense is the legal one — not merely lucky or well looked after, but forbidden to hurt.

Though actually不過其實，protected也 has a wider everyday life too有更寬的日常用法：a password-protected file有密碼保護的檔案、a protected childhood被保護得好好的童年。Those那些 still mean仍然是指 kept safe from harm被保護不受傷害，but this sense但這個義項 is the legal one是法律上的那個——not merely不只是 lucky運氣好 or well looked after或被照顧得好，but forbidden to hurt而是禁止傷害