英语词汇“immune”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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To be immune to something is to be resistant to it. If you had chickenpox as a child, you should be immune to it now.

The adjective immune comes from the Latin word immunis, which means “exempt from public service.” If you're protected — or exempt — from disease, injury, work, insults, or accusations, then you're immune. Vaccinations serve to make people immune to certain diseases. Being a diplomat makes people immune to certain legal persecution. To be immune to bullying means that you don’t let the bad behavior of your peers get you down.

WORD FAMILY

immune: immunes, immunise, immunity, immunize, nonimmune+/immunise: immunisation, immunised/immunity: immunities/immunization: immunizations/immunize: immunization, immunized, immunizes, immunizing

USAGE EXAMPLES

The infection sets off a cascade of events that ramps up inflammatory and immune response, Powers says.

Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016)

He developed a fungal infection in his mouth — a fallout of an immune system compromised by chemotherapy and radiation treatment.

Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016)

“Stress, anger and sadness break down the immune system. Sound is part of what I do daily to counterbalance that.”

Washington Times(Jan 03, 2017)

1adj relating to the condition of immunity

the immune system

2adj relating to or conferring immunity (to disease or infection)

Syn

resistant
insusceptible, unsusceptible

not susceptible to

3adj (usually followed by `to') not affected by a given influence

immune to persuasion

Syn

unaffected

undergoing no change when acted upon

4adj secure against

immune from taxation as long as he resided in Bermuda
immune from criminal prosecution

Syn

exempt

(of persons) freed from or not subject to an obligation or liability (as e.g. taxes) to which others or other things are subject

5n a person who is immune to a particular infection

Exp|Hypo|Hyper

Typhoid Mary

United States cook who was an immune carrier of typhoid fever and who infected dozens of people (1870-1938)

carrier, immune carrier

(medicine) a person (or animal) who has some pathogen to which he is immune but who can pass it on to others

individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul

a human being

单词	immune
释义	immune (once / 701 pages) adjn To be immune to something is to be resistant to it. If you had chickenpox as a child, you should be immune to it now. The adjective immune comes from the Latin word immunis, which means “exempt from public service.” If you're protected — or exempt — from disease, injury, work, insults, or accusations, then you're immune. Vaccinations serve to make people immune to certain diseases. Being a diplomat makes people immune to certain legal persecution. To be immune to bullying means that you don’t let the bad behavior of your peers get you down. WORD FAMILY immune: immunes, immunise, immunity, immunize, nonimmune+/immunise: immunisation, immunised/immunity: immunities/immunization: immunizations/immunize: immunization, immunized, immunizes, immunizing USAGE EXAMPLES The infection sets off a cascade of events that ramps up inflammatory and immune response, Powers says. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) He developed a fungal infection in his mouth — a fallout of an immune system compromised by chemotherapy and radiation treatment. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) “Stress, anger and sadness break down the immune system. Sound is part of what I do daily to counterbalance that.” Washington Times(Jan 03, 2017) 1adj relating to the condition of immunity the immune system 2adj relating to or conferring immunity (to disease or infection) Syn resistant insusceptible, unsusceptible not susceptible to 3adj (usually followed by `to') not affected by a given influence immune to persuasion Syn unaffected undergoing no change when acted upon 4adj secure against immune from taxation as long as he resided in Bermuda immune from criminal prosecution Syn exempt (of persons) freed from or not subject to an obligation or liability (as e.g. taxes) to which others or other things are subject 5n a person who is immune to a particular infection Exp\|Hypo\|Hyper Typhoid Mary United States cook who was an immune carrier of typhoid fever and who infected dozens of people (1870-1938) carrier, immune carrier (medicine) a person (or animal) who has some pathogen to which he is immune but who can pass it on to others individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul a human being
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