| 单词 | exemption |
| 释义 | exemption (once / 1468 pages) n When you get an exemption, you don't have to do something. In the sixties, some people got exemptions from military service during the Vietnam War. We don't often think of being left out as a good thing, but when you use the word exemption, you mean that someone has been excluded in a positive way. Children are exemptions, or deductions, on tax forms; the more children you have the less taxes you pay. Some non-profits are tax-exempt; their exemption means they pay no taxes at all. Exemptions also spare people from fighting in wars and doing some jobs. An exemption gets you off the hook. WORD FAMILYexemption: exemptions+/exempt: exempted, exempting, exemption, exempts, nonexempt USAGE EXAMPLESWe should allow exemptions from vaccines only for valid medical reasons. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) The regulation contains no exemptions for health care providers with religious beliefs. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) But some species are not eligible for this exemption and not all countries recognize it. Washington Post(Dec 19, 2016) 1n an act exempting someone Syn|Hypo|Hyper granting immunity, immunity fix an exemption granted after influence (e.g., money) is brought to bear official immunitypersonal immunity accorded to a public official from liability to anyone injured by actions that are the consequence of exerting official authority sovereign immunityan exemption that precludes bringing a suit against the sovereign government without the government's consent testimonial immunity, use immunityan exemption that displaces the privilege against self-incrimination; neither compelled testimony or any fruits of it can be used against the witness who therefore can no longer fear self-incrimination transactional immunitya broader form of use immunity that also protects the witness from any prosecution brought about relating to transactions to which they gave testimony discharge, release, waiver a formal written statement of relinquishment 2n immunity from an obligation or duty Syn|Hypo|Hyper freedom amnesty a period during which offenders are exempt from punishment diplomatic immunityexemption from taxation or normal processes of law that is offered to diplomatic personnel in a foreign country indemnitylegal exemption from liability for damages impunityexemption from punishment or loss grandfather clausean exemption based on circumstances existing prior to the adoption of some policy; used to enfranchise illiterate whites in south after the American Civil War immunity, unsusceptibility the state of not being susceptible 3n 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 Hyper deduction, tax deduction, tax write-off a reduction in the gross amount on which a tax is calculated; reduces taxes by the percentage fixed for the taxpayer's income bracket |
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