exempt

1. ADJ If someone or something is exempt from a particular rule, duty, or obligation, they do not have to follow it or do it. 免除 (規(guī)則、職責(zé)、義務(wù)等) 的

Men in college were exempt from military service. 在校男大學(xué)生免服兵役。

2. V-T To exempt a person or thing from a particular rule, duty, or obligation means to state officially that they are not bound or affected by it. 免除

South Carolina claimed the power to exempt its citizens from the obligation to obey federal law. 南卡羅來(lái)納州宣稱有權(quán)使其公民免除遵守聯(lián)邦法律的義務(wù)。

3. exemptionN-VAR 免除

...the exemption of employer-provided health insurance from taxation. …雇主提供的醫(yī)療保險(xiǎn)的稅項(xiàng)免除。