immunity
US: /ˌɪmˈjunəti/, /ˌɪmˈjunɪti/
UK: /ɪmjˈuːnɪti/
UK: /ɪmjˈuːnɪti/
English Vietnamese dictionary
immunity /i'mju:niti/
- danh từ
- sự miễn, sự được miễm
- immunity from taxation: sự được miễm thuế
- (y học) sự miễm dịch
- sự miễn, sự được miễm
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun [U, C] (plural immunities)
1 ~ (to sth)
~ (against sth) the body's ability to avoid or not be affected by infection and disease: immunity to infection + The vaccine provides longer immunity against flu.
2 ~ (from sth) the state of being protected from sth: The spies were all granted immunity from prosecution. + parliamentary / congressional immunity (= protection against particular laws that is given to politicians) + Officials of all member states receive certain privileges and immunities.
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Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 exemption, non-liability, invulnerability, protection, excuse, release, exclusion, privilege, freedom, indemnity, amnesty, exoneration, absolution:
In return for his testimony he was granted immunity from prosecution.
2 insusceptibility or unsusceptibility, protection, inoculation, vaccination:
Immunity to a number of diseases is conferred by this one injection.
Collocation dictionary
1 protection against disease
ADJ.
strong | acquired, natural
VERB + IMMUNITY
have
The island's inhabitants had no immunity to the diseases carried by the explorers and quickly succumbed.
| lack | acquire, build up, develop
Once you have had a cold you build up immunity to that particular virus.
| stimulate
the use of vaccines to stimulate immunity
| boost | lower
High levels of stress may lower your immunity to common illnesses.
IMMUNITY + VERB
develop
A strong immunity to reinfection develops after one year.
PREP.
~ against/to
The newcomers lacked immunity against local strains of the disease.
2 protection from danger/punishment
ADJ.
complete, total | effective | diplomatic, legal, parliamentary
Several ministers were stripped of parliamentary immunity as a prelude to facing corruption charges.
| public interest
The newspaper claimed public interest immunity when threatened with prosecution for publishing the story (= claimed that the public had a right to know about the story).
VERB + IMMUNITY
enjoy | claim, seek | confer, give sb, grant (sb), guarantee (sb), provide | abolish, lift, strip sb of
The Supreme Court lifted the company's immunity from criminal prosecution.
| lose
PREP.
~ from
Unions were granted immunity from prosecution for non-violent acts.
Concise English dictionary
immunitiesɪ'mjuːnətɪ
noun
+the state of not being susceptible
+(medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease
+the quality of being unaffected by something
+an act exempting someone
