Definition of immune in English:

immune

adjective ɪˈmjuːnɪˈmjun

1Resistant to a particular infection or toxin owing to the presence of specific antibodies or sensitized white blood cells.
they were naturally immune to hepatitis B
Example sentencesExamples
- If you are thinking about becoming pregnant, make sure that you are immune to rubella through a blood test or proof of immunization.
- Contracting the disease once does not render a person immune to future infections, which is why getting routine boosters is so important.
- All of this is narrated by Michael, the only one of the quartet immune to the infection.
- Most women of childbearing age are immune to rubella because they either were vaccinated or had the illness during childhood.
- No area in the United States is immune to head lice.
- More people were also already immune to the disease.
- In this way, vaccinations allow you to become immune to an infection without having the illness first.
- People whose immune systems have fought the infection will then be immune to TB.
- What's more, the genes he inherited from those fortunate forebears may have made him largely immune to HIV.
- Those who were born before 1956 are considered to be immune to measles and mumps and don't require these vaccines.
- Birds that exhibit no infection may be immune to parasites or susceptible but not yet exposed.
- And in case anybody at home thinks allergists are immune to getting allergies themselves, you yourself get shots.
- When a human being becomes immune to an infection, the immunity is usually due to blood cells, lymphocytes, that produce antibodies.
- A blood test will show whether you are already immune to the hepatitis A virus, due to previous infection.
- Travelers to these areas should be immune to polio.
- Most adults are immune to mono after age 18 (their body fights the virus so they don't get sick).
- Once someone has had chickenpox, they are immune to further infection.
- As every flu season tells us, developed nations are far from immune to communicable disease.
- This is an inactive version of the infection and the body produces antibodies to fight it so that you are then immune to it.
- Even if you know you have had the rubella vaccination, your body may not have made enough antibodies to make you immune to the virus, so it is best to check.
1. 1.1Biology attributive Relating to immune resistance.
  Example sentencesExamples
  Vitamin C is necessary for collagen formation, proper immune function, and as a tissue antioxidant.
  Several studies have been undertaken using this natural immune modulator.
  Rejection is the term applied to the natural immune response to foreign tissue.
  People with immune suppression or underlying lung disease are more susceptible to fungal infections.
  Glutamine also nourishes muscle, gut and immune cells directly, reducing protein loss.
2Protected or exempt, especially from an obligation or the effects of something.
they are immune from legal action
Example sentencesExamples
- In the old days, such a manager would have been largely immune from prosecution.
- In the past, the Vatican has been treated as a sovereign state immune from prosecution.
- No one in the world can consider themselves immune from its potentially disastrous effects.
- The Attorney General and Crown attorneys are immune from civil suit except in the case of malicious prosecution.
- That it happens at all is nonetheless deeply troubling for a nation that has long thought itself immune from the kind of social malaise that it liked to characterise as a western problem.
- Commercial free speech is protected, but it is not immune from regulation.
- Our tourism industry is not immune from the economic pressures which have moved much of the electronics industry to Eastern Europe and the Far East, and financial services to India.
- Nevertheless, if the worst happened, we would not be immune from the effects of such an attack.
- And the day power becomes immune from criticism is the day democracy dies.
- But the party that sits to my right is not immune from criticism, either.
- When that was the case, were they regarded as being immune from liability for negligence?
- How could these guys operate for more than a decade immune from prosecution?
- Politics beckoned, not just because it offered an outlet for his rhetorical brilliance and restless ambition, but also because MPs were immune from prosecution.
- Fitzgerald believes the group should be relatively immune to economic slowdown.
- The company claims it is immune from the suit because users legally copy music for personal use.
- However, this obviously does not mean that free software advocates are immune from software bugs and configuration problems.
- They are also rendered legally immune from any wrongful, illegal and criminal acts the corporation might commit in their search for profits.
- Royalty are not immune from their effects, as we have seen all too clearly.
- Although no facility can be considered immune to attack, some are less likely targets than others.
- Historically, firms have been virtually immune from lawsuits based on their decisions relating to their own partners.
Synonyms
resistant, not subject, not liable, unsusceptible, not vulnerable, not open, not exposed
protected from, safe from, secure against, not in danger of, exempt from, clear of, free from, unaffected by, proof against
freed from, absolved from, released from, excused from, relieved of, spared from, excepted from, exempted from
informal let off
1. 2.1predicative Not affected or influenced by something.
  no one is immune to his immense charm
  Example sentencesExamples
  Hidden behind ever-present sunglasses, he appeared immune to pressure.
  The political class has become largely immune to the heartache of war.
  Ohhhhhh but I am not easily affected by any man - I am immune!
  Analyses and opinions were not immune to those influences.
  Graceful and outgoing to others, they seem almost immune to tension and anxiety.
  This is unfortunate, since he has usually been immune to such literary affectations.
  So maybe I'm not completely immune to those seasonal influences either…
  Is reform possible in a people so immune to reason?
  Consumer electronics has so far appeared relatively immune to the economic downturn.
  Being supposedly immortal did not make me immune to pain.
  Even though men are often centralised in these knowledge systems, it does not mean that they are immune to their influence.
  Foreign policy coordination is mostly immune to specific goals or timetables.
  We could see their love and it rubbed off on us - or at least it rubbed off on those not so opposed to the man as to be immune to such influence.
  His ambition fueled him onward, rendering him immune to pain or trivial distractions.
  At the same time, the hype notwithstanding, large parts of the country remain immune to media influence.
  I guess there are only so many classics and back home you almost become immune to their charms.
  Synonyms
  unchanged, unaltered, uninfluenced

Origin

Late Middle English (in the sense 'free from (a liability')): from Latin immunis 'exempt from public service or charge', from in- 'not' + munis 'ready for service'. Senses relating to physiological resistance date from the late 19th century.

Latin immunis ‘exempt from public service’ (literally ‘not ready for service’) is the source of immune and immunity. The early sense of immune was ‘free from (a liability)’ and this general meaning was common from the 15th to 17th centuries. The sense ‘able to resist infection’ dates from the late 19th century.

Rhymes

afternoon, attune, autoimmune, baboon, balloon, bassoon, bestrewn, boon, Boone, bridoon, buffoon, Cameroon, Cancún, cardoon, cartoon, Changchun, cocoon, commune, croon, doubloon, dragoon, dune, festoon, galloon, goon, harpoon, hoon, importune, impugn, Irgun, jejune, June, Kowloon, lagoon, lampoon, loon, macaroon, maroon, monsoon, moon, Muldoon, noon, oppugn, picayune, platoon, poltroon, pontoon, poon, prune, puccoon, raccoon, Rangoon, ratoon, rigadoon, rune, saloon, Saskatoon, Sassoon, Scone, soon, spittoon, spoon, swoon, Troon, tune, tycoon, typhoon, Walloon

Definition of immune in US English:

immune

adjectiveɪˈmjuniˈmyo͞on

1Resistant to a particular infection or toxin owing to the presence of specific antibodies or sensitized white blood cells.
they were naturally immune to hepatitis B
Example sentencesExamples
- Travelers to these areas should be immune to polio.
- As every flu season tells us, developed nations are far from immune to communicable disease.
- When a human being becomes immune to an infection, the immunity is usually due to blood cells, lymphocytes, that produce antibodies.
- A blood test will show whether you are already immune to the hepatitis A virus, due to previous infection.
- More people were also already immune to the disease.
- No area in the United States is immune to head lice.
- Contracting the disease once does not render a person immune to future infections, which is why getting routine boosters is so important.
- Most adults are immune to mono after age 18 (their body fights the virus so they don't get sick).
- All of this is narrated by Michael, the only one of the quartet immune to the infection.
- Once someone has had chickenpox, they are immune to further infection.
- If you are thinking about becoming pregnant, make sure that you are immune to rubella through a blood test or proof of immunization.
- What's more, the genes he inherited from those fortunate forebears may have made him largely immune to HIV.
- And in case anybody at home thinks allergists are immune to getting allergies themselves, you yourself get shots.
- People whose immune systems have fought the infection will then be immune to TB.
- Most women of childbearing age are immune to rubella because they either were vaccinated or had the illness during childhood.
- Even if you know you have had the rubella vaccination, your body may not have made enough antibodies to make you immune to the virus, so it is best to check.
- This is an inactive version of the infection and the body produces antibodies to fight it so that you are then immune to it.
- Those who were born before 1956 are considered to be immune to measles and mumps and don't require these vaccines.
- Birds that exhibit no infection may be immune to parasites or susceptible but not yet exposed.
- In this way, vaccinations allow you to become immune to an infection without having the illness first.
1. 1.1 Protected or exempt, especially from an obligation or the effects of something.
  they are immune from legal action
  Example sentencesExamples
  And the day power becomes immune from criticism is the day democracy dies.
  In the old days, such a manager would have been largely immune from prosecution.
  No one in the world can consider themselves immune from its potentially disastrous effects.
  Fitzgerald believes the group should be relatively immune to economic slowdown.
  The company claims it is immune from the suit because users legally copy music for personal use.
  In the past, the Vatican has been treated as a sovereign state immune from prosecution.
  The Attorney General and Crown attorneys are immune from civil suit except in the case of malicious prosecution.
  However, this obviously does not mean that free software advocates are immune from software bugs and configuration problems.
  Our tourism industry is not immune from the economic pressures which have moved much of the electronics industry to Eastern Europe and the Far East, and financial services to India.
  Politics beckoned, not just because it offered an outlet for his rhetorical brilliance and restless ambition, but also because MPs were immune from prosecution.
  Commercial free speech is protected, but it is not immune from regulation.
  How could these guys operate for more than a decade immune from prosecution?
  When that was the case, were they regarded as being immune from liability for negligence?
  But the party that sits to my right is not immune from criticism, either.
  They are also rendered legally immune from any wrongful, illegal and criminal acts the corporation might commit in their search for profits.
  Although no facility can be considered immune to attack, some are less likely targets than others.
  Nevertheless, if the worst happened, we would not be immune from the effects of such an attack.
  That it happens at all is nonetheless deeply troubling for a nation that has long thought itself immune from the kind of social malaise that it liked to characterise as a western problem.
  Royalty are not immune from their effects, as we have seen all too clearly.
  Historically, firms have been virtually immune from lawsuits based on their decisions relating to their own partners.
  Synonyms
  resistant, not subject, not liable, unsusceptible, not vulnerable, not open, not exposed
2. 1.2predicative Not affected or influenced by something.
  no one is immune to his immense charm
  Example sentencesExamples
  Hidden behind ever-present sunglasses, he appeared immune to pressure.
  So maybe I'm not completely immune to those seasonal influences either…
  We could see their love and it rubbed off on us - or at least it rubbed off on those not so opposed to the man as to be immune to such influence.
  His ambition fueled him onward, rendering him immune to pain or trivial distractions.
  Ohhhhhh but I am not easily affected by any man - I am immune!
  The political class has become largely immune to the heartache of war.
  Foreign policy coordination is mostly immune to specific goals or timetables.
  Analyses and opinions were not immune to those influences.
  Consumer electronics has so far appeared relatively immune to the economic downturn.
  I guess there are only so many classics and back home you almost become immune to their charms.
  Even though men are often centralised in these knowledge systems, it does not mean that they are immune to their influence.
  Being supposedly immortal did not make me immune to pain.
  Graceful and outgoing to others, they seem almost immune to tension and anxiety.
  At the same time, the hype notwithstanding, large parts of the country remain immune to media influence.
  This is unfortunate, since he has usually been immune to such literary affectations.
  Is reform possible in a people so immune to reason?
  Synonyms
  unchanged, unaltered, uninfluenced
3. 1.3Biology attributive Relating to immunity.
  the body's immune system
  Example sentencesExamples
  Glutamine also nourishes muscle, gut and immune cells directly, reducing protein loss.
  Rejection is the term applied to the natural immune response to foreign tissue.
  Several studies have been undertaken using this natural immune modulator.
  Vitamin C is necessary for collagen formation, proper immune function, and as a tissue antioxidant.
  People with immune suppression or underlying lung disease are more susceptible to fungal infections.

Origin

Late Middle English (in the sense ‘free from (a liability’)): from Latin immunis ‘exempt from public service or charge’, from in- ‘not’ + munis ‘ready for service’. Senses relating to physiological resistance date from the late 19th century.

单词	immune
释义	Definition of immune in English: immune adjective ɪˈmjuːnɪˈmjun 1Resistant to a particular infection or toxin owing to the presence of specific antibodies or sensitized white blood cells. they were naturally immune to hepatitis B Example sentencesExamples If you are thinking about becoming pregnant, make sure that you are immune to rubella through a blood test or proof of immunization. Contracting the disease once does not render a person immune to future infections, which is why getting routine boosters is so important. All of this is narrated by Michael, the only one of the quartet immune to the infection. Most women of childbearing age are immune to rubella because they either were vaccinated or had the illness during childhood. No area in the United States is immune to head lice. More people were also already immune to the disease. In this way, vaccinations allow you to become immune to an infection without having the illness first. People whose immune systems have fought the infection will then be immune to TB. What's more, the genes he inherited from those fortunate forebears may have made him largely immune to HIV. Those who were born before 1956 are considered to be immune to measles and mumps and don't require these vaccines. Birds that exhibit no infection may be immune to parasites or susceptible but not yet exposed. And in case anybody at home thinks allergists are immune to getting allergies themselves, you yourself get shots. When a human being becomes immune to an infection, the immunity is usually due to blood cells, lymphocytes, that produce antibodies. A blood test will show whether you are already immune to the hepatitis A virus, due to previous infection. Travelers to these areas should be immune to polio. Most adults are immune to mono after age 18 (their body fights the virus so they don't get sick). Once someone has had chickenpox, they are immune to further infection. As every flu season tells us, developed nations are far from immune to communicable disease. This is an inactive version of the infection and the body produces antibodies to fight it so that you are then immune to it. Even if you know you have had the rubella vaccination, your body may not have made enough antibodies to make you immune to the virus, so it is best to check. 1.1Biology attributive Relating to immune resistance. Example sentencesExamples Vitamin C is necessary for collagen formation, proper immune function, and as a tissue antioxidant. Several studies have been undertaken using this natural immune modulator. Rejection is the term applied to the natural immune response to foreign tissue. People with immune suppression or underlying lung disease are more susceptible to fungal infections. Glutamine also nourishes muscle, gut and immune cells directly, reducing protein loss. 2Protected or exempt, especially from an obligation or the effects of something. they are immune from legal action Example sentencesExamples In the old days, such a manager would have been largely immune from prosecution. In the past, the Vatican has been treated as a sovereign state immune from prosecution. No one in the world can consider themselves immune from its potentially disastrous effects. The Attorney General and Crown attorneys are immune from civil suit except in the case of malicious prosecution. That it happens at all is nonetheless deeply troubling for a nation that has long thought itself immune from the kind of social malaise that it liked to characterise as a western problem. Commercial free speech is protected, but it is not immune from regulation. Our tourism industry is not immune from the economic pressures which have moved much of the electronics industry to Eastern Europe and the Far East, and financial services to India. Nevertheless, if the worst happened, we would not be immune from the effects of such an attack. And the day power becomes immune from criticism is the day democracy dies. But the party that sits to my right is not immune from criticism, either. When that was the case, were they regarded as being immune from liability for negligence? How could these guys operate for more than a decade immune from prosecution? Politics beckoned, not just because it offered an outlet for his rhetorical brilliance and restless ambition, but also because MPs were immune from prosecution. Fitzgerald believes the group should be relatively immune to economic slowdown. The company claims it is immune from the suit because users legally copy music for personal use. However, this obviously does not mean that free software advocates are immune from software bugs and configuration problems. They are also rendered legally immune from any wrongful, illegal and criminal acts the corporation might commit in their search for profits. Royalty are not immune from their effects, as we have seen all too clearly. Although no facility can be considered immune to attack, some are less likely targets than others. Historically, firms have been virtually immune from lawsuits based on their decisions relating to their own partners. Synonyms resistant, not subject, not liable, unsusceptible, not vulnerable, not open, not exposed protected from, safe from, secure against, not in danger of, exempt from, clear of, free from, unaffected by, proof against freed from, absolved from, released from, excused from, relieved of, spared from, excepted from, exempted from informal let off 2.1predicative Not affected or influenced by something. no one is immune to his immense charm Example sentencesExamples Hidden behind ever-present sunglasses, he appeared immune to pressure. The political class has become largely immune to the heartache of war. Ohhhhhh but I am not easily affected by any man - I am immune! Analyses and opinions were not immune to those influences. Graceful and outgoing to others, they seem almost immune to tension and anxiety. This is unfortunate, since he has usually been immune to such literary affectations. So maybe I'm not completely immune to those seasonal influences either… Is reform possible in a people so immune to reason? Consumer electronics has so far appeared relatively immune to the economic downturn. Being supposedly immortal did not make me immune to pain. Even though men are often centralised in these knowledge systems, it does not mean that they are immune to their influence. Foreign policy coordination is mostly immune to specific goals or timetables. We could see their love and it rubbed off on us - or at least it rubbed off on those not so opposed to the man as to be immune to such influence. His ambition fueled him onward, rendering him immune to pain or trivial distractions. At the same time, the hype notwithstanding, large parts of the country remain immune to media influence. I guess there are only so many classics and back home you almost become immune to their charms. Synonyms unchanged, unaltered, uninfluenced Origin Late Middle English (in the sense 'free from (a liability')): from Latin immunis 'exempt from public service or charge', from in- 'not' + munis 'ready for service'. Senses relating to physiological resistance date from the late 19th century. Latin immunis ‘exempt from public service’ (literally ‘not ready for service’) is the source of immune and immunity. The early sense of immune was ‘free from (a liability)’ and this general meaning was common from the 15th to 17th centuries. The sense ‘able to resist infection’ dates from the late 19th century. Rhymes afternoon, attune, autoimmune, baboon, balloon, bassoon, bestrewn, boon, Boone, bridoon, buffoon, Cameroon, Cancún, cardoon, cartoon, Changchun, cocoon, commune, croon, doubloon, dragoon, dune, festoon, galloon, goon, harpoon, hoon, importune, impugn, Irgun, jejune, June, Kowloon, lagoon, lampoon, loon, macaroon, maroon, monsoon, moon, Muldoon, noon, oppugn, picayune, platoon, poltroon, pontoon, poon, prune, puccoon, raccoon, Rangoon, ratoon, rigadoon, rune, saloon, Saskatoon, Sassoon, Scone, soon, spittoon, spoon, swoon, Troon, tune, tycoon, typhoon, Walloon Definition of immune in US English: immune adjectiveɪˈmjuniˈmyo͞on 1Resistant to a particular infection or toxin owing to the presence of specific antibodies or sensitized white blood cells. they were naturally immune to hepatitis B Example sentencesExamples Travelers to these areas should be immune to polio. As every flu season tells us, developed nations are far from immune to communicable disease. When a human being becomes immune to an infection, the immunity is usually due to blood cells, lymphocytes, that produce antibodies. A blood test will show whether you are already immune to the hepatitis A virus, due to previous infection. More people were also already immune to the disease. No area in the United States is immune to head lice. Contracting the disease once does not render a person immune to future infections, which is why getting routine boosters is so important. Most adults are immune to mono after age 18 (their body fights the virus so they don't get sick). All of this is narrated by Michael, the only one of the quartet immune to the infection. Once someone has had chickenpox, they are immune to further infection. If you are thinking about becoming pregnant, make sure that you are immune to rubella through a blood test or proof of immunization. What's more, the genes he inherited from those fortunate forebears may have made him largely immune to HIV. And in case anybody at home thinks allergists are immune to getting allergies themselves, you yourself get shots. People whose immune systems have fought the infection will then be immune to TB. Most women of childbearing age are immune to rubella because they either were vaccinated or had the illness during childhood. Even if you know you have had the rubella vaccination, your body may not have made enough antibodies to make you immune to the virus, so it is best to check. This is an inactive version of the infection and the body produces antibodies to fight it so that you are then immune to it. Those who were born before 1956 are considered to be immune to measles and mumps and don't require these vaccines. Birds that exhibit no infection may be immune to parasites or susceptible but not yet exposed. In this way, vaccinations allow you to become immune to an infection without having the illness first. 1.1 Protected or exempt, especially from an obligation or the effects of something. they are immune from legal action Example sentencesExamples And the day power becomes immune from criticism is the day democracy dies. In the old days, such a manager would have been largely immune from prosecution. No one in the world can consider themselves immune from its potentially disastrous effects. Fitzgerald believes the group should be relatively immune to economic slowdown. The company claims it is immune from the suit because users legally copy music for personal use. In the past, the Vatican has been treated as a sovereign state immune from prosecution. The Attorney General and Crown attorneys are immune from civil suit except in the case of malicious prosecution. However, this obviously does not mean that free software advocates are immune from software bugs and configuration problems. Our tourism industry is not immune from the economic pressures which have moved much of the electronics industry to Eastern Europe and the Far East, and financial services to India. Politics beckoned, not just because it offered an outlet for his rhetorical brilliance and restless ambition, but also because MPs were immune from prosecution. Commercial free speech is protected, but it is not immune from regulation. How could these guys operate for more than a decade immune from prosecution? When that was the case, were they regarded as being immune from liability for negligence? But the party that sits to my right is not immune from criticism, either. They are also rendered legally immune from any wrongful, illegal and criminal acts the corporation might commit in their search for profits. Although no facility can be considered immune to attack, some are less likely targets than others. Nevertheless, if the worst happened, we would not be immune from the effects of such an attack. That it happens at all is nonetheless deeply troubling for a nation that has long thought itself immune from the kind of social malaise that it liked to characterise as a western problem. Royalty are not immune from their effects, as we have seen all too clearly. Historically, firms have been virtually immune from lawsuits based on their decisions relating to their own partners. Synonyms resistant, not subject, not liable, unsusceptible, not vulnerable, not open, not exposed 1.2predicative Not affected or influenced by something. no one is immune to his immense charm Example sentencesExamples Hidden behind ever-present sunglasses, he appeared immune to pressure. So maybe I'm not completely immune to those seasonal influences either… We could see their love and it rubbed off on us - or at least it rubbed off on those not so opposed to the man as to be immune to such influence. His ambition fueled him onward, rendering him immune to pain or trivial distractions. Ohhhhhh but I am not easily affected by any man - I am immune! The political class has become largely immune to the heartache of war. Foreign policy coordination is mostly immune to specific goals or timetables. Analyses and opinions were not immune to those influences. Consumer electronics has so far appeared relatively immune to the economic downturn. I guess there are only so many classics and back home you almost become immune to their charms. Even though men are often centralised in these knowledge systems, it does not mean that they are immune to their influence. Being supposedly immortal did not make me immune to pain. Graceful and outgoing to others, they seem almost immune to tension and anxiety. At the same time, the hype notwithstanding, large parts of the country remain immune to media influence. This is unfortunate, since he has usually been immune to such literary affectations. Is reform possible in a people so immune to reason? Synonyms unchanged, unaltered, uninfluenced 1.3Biology attributive Relating to immunity. the body's immune system Example sentencesExamples Glutamine also nourishes muscle, gut and immune cells directly, reducing protein loss. Rejection is the term applied to the natural immune response to foreign tissue. Several studies have been undertaken using this natural immune modulator. Vitamin C is necessary for collagen formation, proper immune function, and as a tissue antioxidant. People with immune suppression or underlying lung disease are more susceptible to fungal infections. Origin Late Middle English (in the sense ‘free from (a liability’)): from Latin immunis ‘exempt from public service or charge’, from in- ‘not’ + munis ‘ready for service’. Senses relating to physiological resistance date from the late 19th century.
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