insusceptibility
/¦in+/ (ame, mw)
insusceptibility — noun
1. the condition of not being able to be harmed or changed by something, such as a
the condition of not being able to be harmed or changed by something, such as a disease, a feeling, or an outside force
Years of farm work gave Daichi an unusual insusceptibility to the colds that spread each winter.
insusceptibility to + noun (a disease)
The new coating gives the metal beams a strong insusceptibility to rust and salt water.
subject is usually a material or living thing
Doctors studied the boy's rare insusceptibility to the virus that made his classmates so ill.
Rania showed a calm insusceptibility to the rumours her rivals kept spreading around the office.
The general trusted the old bridge for its insusceptibility to floods during the rainy season.
- immunity
more common; especially the body's resistance to disease
- resistance
everyday word; the power to not be harmed or affected by something
- imperviousness
also formal; often the quality of not letting anything pass through or affect you
- susceptibility
the state of being easily harmed or affected by something
- vulnerability
common; the state of being easily hurt or attacked
文法句型
insusceptibility to + noun
用法筆記
Almost always followed by 'to' naming what has no effect. Far rarer than its antonym 'susceptibility'; in everyday speech people say 'resistance to' or 'being immune to' instead.