Exempt
[ɪg'zem(p)t;eg-] or [ɪg'zɛmpt]
解释:
(verb.) grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to; 'She exempted me from the exam'.
(adj.) (of persons) freed from or not subject to an obligation or liability (as e.g. taxes) to which others or other things are subject; 'a beauty somehow exempt from the aging process'; 'exempt from jury duty'; 'only the very poorest citizens should be exempt from income taxes' .
整理:默娜--From WordNet
解释:
(a.) Cut off; set apart.
(a.) Extraordinary; exceptional.
(a.) Free, or released, from some liability to which others are subject; excepted from the operation or burden of some law; released; free; clear; privileged; -- (with from): not subject to; not liable to; as, goods exempt from execution; a person exempt from jury service.
(n.) One exempted or freed from duty; one not subject.
(n.) One of four officers of the Yeomen of the Royal Guard, having the rank of corporal; an Exon.
(a.) To remove; to set apart.
(a.) To release or deliver from some liability which others are subject to; to except or excuse from he operation of a law; to grant immunity to; to free from obligation; to release; as, to exempt from military duty, or from jury service; to exempt from fear or pain.
编辑:梅森
同义词及近义词:
v. a. Excuse, exonerate, relieve, release, free, let off, grant immunity to.
a. Exempted, free, liberated, released.
詹森录入
同义词及反义词:
SYN:Free, irresponsible, unamenable, clear, liberated, privileged, absolved
ANT:Subject, responsible, liable, amenable
整理:丽纳
解释:
v.t. to free or grant immunity (with from).—adj. taken out: not liable to: released: unaffected by.—n. Exemp′tion act of exempting: state of being exempt: freedom from any service duty &c.: immunity.
整理:莫顿
例句:
- It was only the very poor who were exempt. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U.S.格兰特的个人回忆录.
- This did not exempt me from labor. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U.S.格兰特的个人回忆录.
- One word, in truth, had alarmed her more than battles or sieges, during which she trusted Raymond's high command would exempt him from danger. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- Even milk is not exempt, but is doctored to prevent souring, the preservative most generally used by milk dealers being formaldehyde. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
- The event on which the interest of the story depends is exempt from the disadvantages of a mere tale of spectres or enchantment. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
- The rod was freely used there, and I was not exempt from its influence. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U.S.格兰特的个人回忆录.
- From many taxes both the clergy and the nobility--everyone indeed who bore a title--were exempt. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- Some provinces are exempted from the exclusive sale of tobacco, which the farmers-general enjoy through the greater part of the kingdom. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- I answered, that his excellency's prudence, quality, and fortune, had exempted him from those defects, which folly and beggary had produced in others. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
- In some countries, the lands of the church are exempted from all taxes. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- By the same statute, a great number of foreign drugs for dyers use are exempted from all duties upon importation. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- Some provinces are allowed to compound for the gabelle, or salt tax; others are exempted from it altogether. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- They should be exempted like conscientious objectors. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
- Some provinces are exempted from them, and pay a composition or equivalent. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
校对:劳伦斯