exempt (from something) if somebody/something is exempt from something, they are not affected by it, do not have to do it, pay it, etc.免除（责任、付款等）；获豁免- The interest on the money is exempt from tax.这笔钱的利息免税。🔊🔊
- Some students are exempt from certain exams.有些学生可免除某些考试。🔊🔊
- Infant mortality was extremely high and the upper classes were not exempt.婴儿死亡率极高，上层阶级也不例外。
- Research might be considered exempt from regulation.研究可能会被认为不受规则约束。
- This income is totally exempt from taxation.这项收入完全免税。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryverbsadverbprepositionSee full entry Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin exemptus ‘taken out, freed’, past participle of eximere.