| 词组 | immunity |
| 释义 | immunity When immunity is used with a preposition in its general sense, it is most commonly found with from when the object names the threat: • In return he had been promised immunity from criminal prosecution —Time, 21 May 1946 Of is common to mark other relations: • ... prohibiting the abridgement of the privileges or immunities of citizens —Kenneth S. Tollett, Center Mag., November/December 1971 Less frequently, immunity is used in its general sense with against or to when the object names the threat, and with in or for in other relations: • ... give the youngsters some kind of immunity against the slums and social injustices —Gertrude Samuels, N.Y. Times Mag., 13 June 1954 • ... a feeling of security ... of absolute immunity to onslaught from above —H. L. Mencken, Prejudices: Second Series, 1920 • ... gangsters in those days ... enjoyed a curious immunity in society —Katherine Anne Porter, The Never-Ending Wrong, 1977 • ... offering him immunity for past offenses —American Guide Series: Louisiana, 1941 In its biological/medical sense, immunity is used most often with to, and less frequently with against or from: • No instance of natural immunity to cowpox has been conclusively demonstrated —Kenneth F. Maxcy, Preventive Medicine and Hygiene, 7th ed., 1951 • ... a mild disease, cowpox, confers immunity against ... smallpox —Gordon Alexander, Biology, 8th ed., 1962 • Since there was complete immunity from symptoms due to bubbles —Harry G. Armstrong, Principles and Practice of Aviation Medicine, 1939 Occasionally, this sense is found with in or of marking other relations: • ... may produce fairly satisfactory immunity in man which lasts for several months —Henry Pinkerton, in Pathology, ed. W. A. D. Anderson, 1948 • ... the passive immunity of the newborn provided by nature is a highly efficient mechanism —T. F. McNair Scott, in a seminar given by the Medical Division of Sharp and Dohme, Summer 1953 |
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