核心畫面
Picture a rule that applies to everybody, and then one person lifted out from under it — officially, with permission. The rule stays exactly as it was for everyone else; this one case is simply taken out. Tax is where most people meet the word, but the shape is the same wherever it appears.
可以想成：一條適用於所有人的規定，然後有一個人被正式地「拿出來」，不受它管。規定本身完全沒變，只是這一個案例被抽出去…更多收起
可以想成：一條適用於所有人的規定，然後有一個人被正式地「拿出來」，不受它管。規定本身完全沒變，只是這一個案例被抽出去了。多數人第一次遇到這個字是在稅務上，但不管用在哪裡，形狀都是同一個：不是取消規則，而是把你放到規則外面。這也是它和 exception（例外）語感相近的原因，差別在 exemption 一定是有人批准的。原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
exemptionnoun/ɪɡˈzɛm(p).ʃən/
- 1
An act of exempting.
- 2
The state of being exempt; immunity.
- The legislation also tightens the share of unused exemptions states can carry over from year to year. […] Lots of people who are in compliance with the new rules – either because they already work or meet exemption criteria – could lose their assistance because of red tape, said Dottie Rosenbaum, the center’s director of federal SNAP policy.
- 3
A deduction from the normal amount of taxes.
- 4
Freedom from a defect or weakness.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。