Guard Against : ~이 생기지 않도록 조심하다, ~을 막다, ~을 경계하다
1)
if you guard against something, you are particularly careful to avoid something from happening
you need to wash your hands every time you touch food to guard against to guard against cross-contamination
if everybody wears a mask this will help guard against the spread of Covid
this is to make an effort to prevent something from happening
to prevent something bad from going on
I took my wallet and I put it on a piece of string and pinned it inside my jacket to gaurd against pickpockets
to guard against something, to take special precautions in order to prevent something from happening
it's to protect something
to take care of it
to avoid being affected by it
keeping the wound clean in oder to guard against infection
run your antivirus in order to guard against hackers or people getting into your system
to prevent something from happening
to avoid being affected by it
the government doing eneough to guard agaisnt this probelm
to take particular care that you're that someone or something is not affected by something
2)
to guard sb/sth against some sort of problem
the army were on high alert to guard agaisnt terrorist attacks and to guard soceity against attacks
if you take regular exercise, it will help guard agaisnt heart disease, or it will help guard you against heart disease
Formality : 4.5
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