1The ability of an organism to resist a particular infection or toxin by the action of specific antibodies or sensitized white blood cells.

对伤寒的免疫力似乎已经自然地加强了。

1. 1.1 Protection or exemption from something, especially an obligation or penalty.
   保护；免除（某物，尤指免除义务或责罚）
   the rebels were given immunity from prosecution

   叛乱者得以免受起诉。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • It seems to me that the stauncher first world proponents of globalisation feel a personal immunity from its vicissitudes.
   • It often seems to me that Ukrainians have a distinctive immunity that protects them from the gaudy attractions of fashionable trends.
   • Doctors now realise they don't have the immunity from being sued they once did and as a result are more cautious about what they actually do in terms of prescriptions and surgery.
   • The man who was then the mayor of the capital is safe from prosecution, protected by his immunity.
   • However, it also relies on the immunity from action in respect of claims brought against it by members of the armed forces conferred by the 1947 Act.
   • Observers say that the terror inspired by the veterans and their apparent immunity from the law has been seized on by disgruntled workers to settle scores with employers.
   • Their immunity from getting tricked of course was simply to put on a costume that would fool the ghosts away.
   • Even in situations where an undertaking does not qualify for a total immunity from a fine penalties may be reduced.
   • Nor is there room for the immunities that have often protected heads of state and diplomats in domestic courts.
   • No immunity from infringement has been claimed on the basis of any earlier right or acquiescence in the present case.
   • It may set out a set of privileges and immunities that do not protect witnesses from breaking New Zealand's criminal law, for example, or from not having to pay their parking fines, or anything like that.
   • It could be an immunity from a government action - for instance, my right to free speech bars the government from punishing me for speaking.
   • Politicians lost their immunity from unflattering exposure.
   • Because they are not directly engaged in hostilities against an adversary, they retain their civilian immunity from attack.
   • The right to silence is and is no more than an immunity from adverse inferences from failing to answer an accusation or question or evidence.
   • Subject to the suggested immunity from losses, the claim for 25% looks suspiciously like the presentation of a fourth partner.
   • They also enjoy the same immunity from prosecution as Members of Parliament.
   • He said that criminal figures were flaunting their immunity from the law.
   • Because of the absolute immunity from accountability that EU officials feel they possess, they decided to ignore these requests.
   • Their immunity from attack, in the event of failure to inspect, in other words, though great is not absolute.

   Synonyms

   exemption, exception, freedom, release, impunity, dispensation, exoneration

   indemnity, privilege, prerogative, special treatment, right, liberty, licence, permission
2. 1.2Law Officially granted exemption from legal proceedings.
   〔律〕豁免
   Example sentencesExamples

   • The reasons why such an immunity should be granted are considered below.
   • No state could abridge those privileges or immunities, or deny any person due process or the equal protection of the law.
   • Today, he and his accomplices are beginning to lose the legal immunity they granted themselves.
   • Either a party to a tribunal or legal proceedings is granted immunity or he is not.
   • There is no issue between the parties with respect to the applicable legal principles relating to the immunity granted an expert witness in legal proceedings.
3. 1.3immunity to Lack of susceptibility, especially to something unwelcome or harmful.
   抗扰度
   products must have an adequate level of immunity to interference

   产品必须有足够的抗干扰度。

   exercises designed to build an immunity to fatigue

   为抗疲劳设计的锻炼。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Both she and her father had demonstrated an unaccountable immunity to the cold water the day before, but this morning she was only playing at the edge.
   • The performances indicate at least a partial immunity to the ageing process.
   • So I don't really have an immunity to scary movies like so many of my peers do.
   • But they also promise a partial immunity to the passage of time.
   • All I need is a 35-40 hour day and an immunity to sleep depravation and I'll perhaps be able to do it one day.
   • He wonders whether the media industry is breeding an immunity to violence, murder and destruction.
   • This in turn leads to identifying the ‘big assumption’ that is at the heart of the immunity to change.
   • Stainless steel or light alloy construction provides compact and lightweight components with a high immunity to shock and vibration.
   • Perhaps I've been around him so long I've built up a natural immunity…
   • Catherine luckily had developed an immunity to them after eight years of friendship.
   • It appeared, however, as if she herself had acquired a unique immunity to invective and insult so long as she could lay her hands on something to stitch.
   • Natural combativeness, an innate immunity to being cowed by the biggest names or the biggest occasions in football, is obviously a vital part of the equipment he carries on to the field.