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单词 exempt
释义
exempt1 adjectiveexempt2 verb
exemptex‧empt1 /ɪɡˈzempt/ ●○○ adjective Word Origin
WORD ORIGINexempt1
Origin:
1300-1400 Latin exemptus, past participle of eximere; ➔ EXAMPLE
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • And, frankly I would be surprised if the majority of readers were completely exempt from such situations.
  • Are students exempt from compulsory schooling or from certain courses in the curriculum on religious grounds?
  • Furthermore, interest on the bonds of state and local governments is exempt from the Federal income tax.
  • Motorcycles, coaches, minicabs, taxis, school buses and buses for the elderly will also be exempt.
  • Negotiators said Wednesday that the main sticking point was still whether the industry should be exempt from paying punitive damages.
  • Prisons are exempt from having regular visits from environmental health officers, but in April 1992 this Crown Immunity will be lifted.
  • This clause allows provinces to be exempt from court rulings for five years.
  • We will then let you know whether you are exempt or not as soon as possible. 9.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
 The interest is exempt from income tax.
 not affected by something, or not having to do it or pay itexempt from The interest is exempt from income tax. Children are exempt from the charges.
exempt1 adjectiveexempt2 verb
exemptexempt2 verb [transitive] Verb Table
VERB TABLE
exempt
Simple Form
PresentI, you, we, theyexempt
he, she, itexempts
PastI, you, he, she, it, we, theyexempted
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave exempted
he, she, ithas exempted
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad exempted
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill exempt
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have exempted
Continuous Form
PresentIam exempting
he, she, itis exempting
you, we, theyare exempting
PastI, he, she, itwas exempting
you, we, theywere exempting
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave been exempting
he, she, ithas been exempting
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been exempting
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be exempting
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have been exempting
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • My father was exempted from military service on the grounds of ill health.
  • The new law exempts people who earn less than $8000 a year from paying any taxes.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Couples filing jointly could exempt $ 26, 000 from taxes.
  • Florian said, was an engineer who was exempted from military service because of his profession.
  • In the 1983 budget, gifts to charities were exempted from capital transfer tax.
  • Registered companies are exempted from all taxes on approved activities, and no currency or exchange restrictions are imposed.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorto let someone do something that is not usually allowed
to let someone do something that is slightly different from what the rules allow, especially when you do not officially tell anyone about it: · The state government was willing to bend the rules where necessary in order to create more jobs.· I'll try and get the housing department to bend the rules for us.
to allow someone to do something that is not usually allowed: · I'll make an exception this time, but next time you hand in an essay late I won't accept it.
British a special right that a particular group of people are allowed to have, for example, by the government or by their employer: · Under the previous administration, rich landowners were given generous tax concessions.· Pensioners and disabled people get special concessions on buses and trains.
to allow someone not to have to go to school, work etc, for example because they are ill: be excused from something: · Can I be excused from swimming today? I've got a cold.· Kinney asked to be excused from his duties on the board.excuse somebody from something: · I'll try to get them to excuse me from the meeting.
if you exempt someone, you give them special permission not to have to do something that they and other people are normally expected to do: exempt somebody from something: · The new law exempts people who earn less than $8000 a year from paying any taxes.· My father was exempted from military service on the grounds of ill health.
to officially say that a rule or a legal punishment can be ignored, especially because in this particular situation it is not important or useful to keep to it: · The court decided to waive her fine as it was her first offence.· The industry asked the Federal Communications Commission to waive a rule that limits the amount of power used to send a data transmission over a telephone line.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
 Charities are exempted from paying the tax.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
· The Unfair Contract Terms Act does not totally prohibit the seller from exempting himself from liability for breach of these other terms.· Moreover, death caused by poisoning, the most pre-meditated of all murders, was exempted from liability to capital punishment.· But this does not exempt them from liability if their actions result in negligent damage to people or property.· It is impossible for the seller to exempt himself from liability under section 12 of the Sale of Goods Act.
· Not, that is, if the flat tax exempts enough income to keep from crunching the poor.
 to give someone permission not to do or pay somethingexempt somebody from something Charities are exempted from paying the tax. a document that exempts the owner from liability in case of accidentsRegisterIn everyday British English, people usually say let somebody off (doing) something rather than exempt somebody from (doing) something:· Living abroad doesn’t necessarily let you off paying tax.
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