问大家一个简单的翻译~【已回复】

The people were exempt from paying taxes.这些人可以免税。

exempt
[i^5zempt]
v.
免除
adj.
被免除的

be exempt from 是被免除的意思，那么此时exempt的词性是什么啊？ adj. 被免除的？

[ 本帖最后由 princewang 于 2008-7-25 15:03 编辑 ]

是形容词，只是翻译成中文有被动的意思。

此类释义最好用英英字典来看较好：
adj. [not before noun] ~ (from sth) if sb/sth is exempt from sth, they are not affected by it, do not have to do it, pay it, etc.:
The interest on the money is exempt from tax.
Some students are exempt from certain exams.
Infant mortality was extremely high and the upper classes were not exempt.

verb [vn] ~ sb/sth (from sth) (formal) to give or get sb’s official permission not to do sth or not to pay sth they would normally have to do or pay:
His bad eyesight exempted him from military service.
In 1983, charities were exempted from paying the tax.