immune
英 [ɪ'mjuːn]
美 [ɪ'mjʊn]
- adj. 免疫的；免於……的，免除的
- n. 免疫者；免除者
助記提示
1、im- "not, opposite of" => "這裏引申為：free from, exempt from" + mun- + -e.
2、字麵含義：free from or exempt from public service or duty, exempt from service or obligation. 也就是不用做公共服務，免除了公共服務。
3、按咱們古代的說法：就是不用服勞役。由此引申為：豁免、免除、免疫。
中文詞源
immune 免疫的，受保護的im-,不，非，-mun,公共的，履行公共服務的，詞源同common,communicate.即免除公共責任或義務，後引申詞義免疫的，受保護的。
英文詞源
- immune
- immune: [15] The -mune of immune is the same as that of remunerate and of commune (and hence of common). It represents Latin mūnis ‘ready to give service’. The addition of the negative prefix in- gave immūnis, which in classical Latin denoted literally ‘exempt from a service, charge, etc’, and hence by metaphorical extension ‘free from something, devoid of something’. This general sense still survives, of course, in English (as in ‘grant immunity from prosecution’); and the more specific ‘not liable to infection’ did not emerge until as recently as the 1870s, probably under the influence of French or German.
=> common, commune, remunerate - immune (adj.)
- mid-15c., "free; exempt," back-formation from immunity. Latin immunis meant "exempt from public service, free from taxes." Specific modern medical sense of "exempt from a disease" (typically because of inoculation) is from 1881. Immune system attested by 1917.
雙語例句
- 1. This discovery led on to studies of the immune system.
- 此發現使人們開始對免疫係統進行研究。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Members of the Bundestag are immune from prosecution for corruption.
- 德國聯邦議院的成員可免受貪腐罪的起訴。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Yoga can be used to strengthen the immune system.
- 瑜伽能增強人體免疫係統。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. The immune system is our main defence against disease.
- 人體的免疫係統是抵禦疾病的主要屏障。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. Stress can wreak havoc on the immune system.
- 壓力可能會破壞免疫係統。
來自柯林斯例句