immune

US: /ˌɪmˈjun/
UK: /ɪmjˈuːn/


English Vietnamese dictionary


immune /i'mju:n/
  • tính từ
    • miễn khỏi, được miễn (cái gì)
      • to be immune from draft: được miễn tòng quân
      • to be immune from smallpox: miễn dịch, chống bệnh đậu mùa
  • danh từ
    • (y học) người được miễn dịch

Advanced English dictionary


+ adjective [not usually before noun]
1 ~ (to sth) that cannot catch or be affected by a particular disease or illness: Adults are often immune to German measles.
2 ~ (to sth) not affected by sth: You'll eventually become immune to criticism. + Few men are immune to her charms. + Our business is far from immune to economic conditions.
3 ~ (from sth) protected from sth and therefore able to avoid it
Synonym: EXEMPT
No one should be immune from prosecution. + Not even the President's wife was immune from criticism by the press.

Thesaurus dictionary


adj.
inoculated, vaccinated; exempt, safe, protected, insusceptible or unsusceptible, invulnerable, untouched, unaffected:
She never caught smallpox because a mild case of cowpox had made her immune. Rick mistakenly thought himself immune to Sally's charms.

Collocation dictionary


1 protected against a disease

VERBS

be, seem | become | remain, stay | make sb
The vaccination doesn't necessarily make you completely immune.

ADV.

completely, totally

PREP.

to
Many people are immune to this disease.

2 not affected by sth

VERBS

appear, be, prove, seem | become | remain

ADV.

completely, entirely, quite, totally, wholly | by no means, far from
Children are far from immune to the virus of cruelty that is latent in all human beings.
| almost, largely, virtually | relatively

PREP.

to
She's quite immune to criticism.


Concise English dictionary


immunesɪ'mjuːn
noun
+a person who is immune to a particular infection
adj.
+relating to the condition of immunity
+secure against
+relating to or conferring immunity (to disease or infection)
+(usually followed by `to') not affected by a given influence