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单词 immune
释义 im·mune
I. \ə̇ˈmyün\ adjective
Etymology: Latin immunis exempt from public service, exempt, from in- in- (I) + -munis (from munia services, obligations) — more at mean (common)
1.
 a. : free, exempt
  < immune from further taxation >
  < a book is a tool … and should be as immune, almost, from decoration as a crowbar or a cartridge — Holbrook Jackson >
 b. : protected, guarded — usually used with from or against
  < immune from political pressures by reason of his office >
  < a full life is immune against boredom >
2. [French immun, from Latin immunis] : not susceptible or responsive — usually used with to
 < immune to all pleas >
 < the Soviet Union has not been immune to the pressures of coexistence — L.S.Feuer >
 < a streptococcus immune to antibiotics >
especially : having a high degree of natural or acquired resistance to a disease
 < immune to diphtheria >
3.
 a. : having or producing antibodies to a corresponding antigen or hapten
  < an immune serum >
 b. : produced in response to the presence of a corresponding antigen
  < immune agglutinins >
4. of cotton yarn : treated so as to repel the usual dyes for cotton
II. noun
(-s)
: an immune individual
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