immunize /ˈɪmjʊˌnaɪz/ CET6 TEM8 ( immunizing, immunized, immunizes )

BRIT also immunise

• 1. 

  V-T If people or animals are immunized, they are made immune to a particular disease, often by being given an injection. (常指通过注射疫苗) 使免疫 [usu passive]

  例：

  We should require that every student is immunized against hepatitis B.

  我们应该要求每一位学生都注射乙肝疫苗。

  例：

  The monkeys used in those experiments had previously been immunized with a vaccine made from killed infected cells.

  这些实验中所用的猴子事先都已接种了由死亡的被感染细胞制成的疫苗。

• 2. 

  immunization N-VAR 免疫

  例：

  ...universal immunization against childhood diseases.

  …为预防儿童疾病的普遍接种疫苗。