Exempt

(verb.) grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to; 'She exempted me from the exam'.

(adj.) (of persons) freed from or not subject to an obligation or liability (as e.g. taxes) to which others or other things are subject; 'a beauty somehow exempt from the aging process'; 'exempt from jury duty'; 'only the very poorest citizens should be exempt from income taxes' .

整理:默娜

• It was only the very poor who were exempt. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• This did not exempt me from labor. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• One word, in truth, had alarmed her more than battles or sieges, during which she trusted Raymond's high command would exempt him from danger. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Even milk is not exempt, but is doctored to prevent souring, the preservative most generally used by milk dealers being formaldehyde. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• The event on which the interest of the story depends is exempt from the disadvantages of a mere tale of spectres or enchantment. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• The rod was freely used there, and I was not exempt from its influence. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• From many taxes both the clergy and the nobility--everyone indeed who bore a title--were exempt. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Some provinces are exempted from the exclusive sale of tobacco, which the farmers-general enjoy through the greater part of the kingdom. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• I answered, that his excellency's prudence, quality, and fortune, had exempted him from those defects, which folly and beggary had produced in others. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• In some countries, the lands of the church are exempted from all taxes. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• By the same statute, a great number of foreign drugs for dyers use are exempted from all duties upon importation. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Some provinces are allowed to compound for the gabelle, or salt tax; others are exempted from it altogether. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• They should be exempted like conscientious objectors. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• Some provinces are exempted from them, and pay a composition or equivalent. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.

校对:劳伦斯