immunize

verb
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(British English also immunise)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they immunize
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he / she / it immunizes
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past simple immunized
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past participle immunized
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-ing form immunizing
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  1. immunize somebody/something (against something) to protect a person or an animal from a disease, especially by giving them an injection of a vaccine(尤指通过注射疫苗)使免疫
    • a campaign to immunize children against the common killer diseases开展一项旨在使儿童免受普通杀手疾病免疫的运动
    • Children have been routinely immunized against polio since 1958.自 1958 年以来,儿童都按常规接种防治小儿麻痹症的疫苗。
    • They immunized some mice with a dose of the live vaccine.他们给一些老鼠注射了一针减毒活疫苗进行免疫。
    compare inoculate, vaccinateTopics Medicinec1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • fully
    • routinely
    preposition
    • against
    • with
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