Exemption
[ɪɡ'zempʃn] or [ɪg'zɛmpʃən]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) an act exempting someone; 'he was granted immunity from prosecution'.
(noun.) a deduction allowed to a taxpayer because of his status (having certain dependents or being blind or being over 65 etc.); 'additional exemptions are allowed for each dependent'.
(noun.) immunity from an obligation or duty.
編輯:米兰达--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The act of exempting; the state of being exempt; freedom from any charge, burden, evil, etc., to which others are subject; immunity; privilege; as, exemption of certain articles from seizure; exemption from military service; exemption from anxiety, suffering, etc.
哈罗德手打
同義詞及近義詞：
n. Immunity, privilege.
校對:马尔科姆
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Freedom, immunity, dispensation, privilege, license
ANT:Liability, amenableness, subjection, responsibility
手打:谢莉
例句/造句/用法:
- It is the exemption from punishment, and not its moderation which is the cause of crime. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- Mingling with the coward band there assembled, they reviled their admirable leader, and asserted their own superiority and exemption. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- Besides, it was given with an engaging air of openness, and of special exemption of the one friend he valued, from his reckless indifference. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Mrs Lammle gave him the look of a decidedly dissatisfied party demanding exemption from the category; but said nothing. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- The clergy, on the other hand, were now claiming exemption from lay taxation. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- She had had three weeks of happy exemption from Mr. Elton; and Harriet's mind, she had been willing to hope, had been lately gaining strength. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- Led by several of the nobles, it made a clean sweep, in a series of resolutions, of serfdom, privileges, tax exemptions, tithes, feudal courts. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- The payment having thus become perpetual, the exemptions, in return, for which it was made, naturally became perpetual too. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
錄入:莉娜