Britain had laws against cruelty to animals but none to protect children...是什么意思？

Britain had laws against cruelty to animals but none to protect children...

英国有禁止虐待动物的法律，但却没有保护儿童的法律。

Britain

n. 不列颠，英国；

例句
Recycling is an issue that has come of age in Britain in the last decade.
回收利用是上个十年中被英国民众广泛认可的观念。

had

v. 有（ have的过去式和过去分词 ），（亲属关系中）接受，拿，买到；

例句
He claimed that his parents had abandoned him...
他声称父母遗弃了他。

laws

n. 法( law的名词复数 )，法学，规律，法制；

例句
...archaic laws that are very seldom used...
已很少采用的过时法律

against

prep. 反对，对…不利，紧靠，以防；

例句
His hand brushed against hers; it could have been either accidental or deliberate.
就在有意无意间，他的手轻轻拂过她的手。

cruelty

n. 残忍，残忍的行为，残酷行为，虐待；

例句
...the cold, harsh cruelty of her husband...
她丈夫冷酷无情的残忍

to

prep. 向，朝着，到，关于，属于；adv. 朝一个方向的，到某种状态，关闭；

例句
I suggest you leave it to an expert...
我建议你把它留给专家来解决。

animals

n. 动物( animal的名词复数 )，兽，兽性，粗野残暴的人；

例句
They are saying, with varying degrees of absolutism, that animals should not be exploited at all.
他们都多多少少带有些绝对地说动物根本不该被拿来利用。

but

conj. 但是，而是，除了，只因为；prep. 除…以外；adv. 只，不过，只是，另一方面；n. 借口，推辞，但是，反对；pron. [关系代词，意义相当于 who…not, which…not]；vt. 对…说“但是”；

例句
English food can be wonderful but the normal English diet is abominable.
英国也有美食，只是一般的日常饮食太过糟糕。

none

pron. 没有人，没有一人，没有一个，没有一部分，没有一点；adv. 根本不，无法，绝不；

例句
'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs', the 1937 Disney classic, has lost none of its original charm...
1937年迪斯尼推出的经典之作《白雪公主和七个小矮人》魅力不减当年。

protect

vt. 保护，保卫，贸易保护，备款以支付；

例句
It has been claimed that wine helps protect against heart disease.
有人声称葡萄酒有助于预防心脏病。

children

n. 孩子们(child的复数)，儿童，膝下，孥；

例句
Their permissiveness toward their children reflects the wild abandon of their own lives.
他们对孩子的放任折射出他们自身生活的放浪形骸。