innocuous

英 [ɪˈnɒkjuəs]

美 [ɪˈnɑːkjuəs]

adj.  无恶意的; 无意冒犯的; 无害的; 无危险的

GRE医学

Collins.1 / BNC.14051 / COCA.14079

牛津词典

adj.

• 无恶意的；无意冒犯的
  not intended to offend or upset anyone
  1. It seemed a perfectly innocuous remark.
     那像是一句毫无恶意的话。
• 无害的；无危险的
  not harmful or dangerous
  1. an innocuous substance
     无害物质

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 无害的;无冒犯之意的
  Something that isinnocuousis not at all harmful or offensive.
  1. Both mushrooms look innocuous but are in fact deadly...
     这两种蘑菇看起来似乎都无害,实际上却是致命的。
  2. Even seemingly innocuous words are offensive in certain contexts.
     甚至看似毫无恶意的言辞在某些语境下都会引起冒犯。

英英释义

adj

• lacking intent or capacity to injure
  1. an innocent prank
  Synonym:innocent
• not injurious to physical or mental health
• not causing disapproval
  1. it was an innocuous remark
  2. confined himself to innocuous generalities
  3. unobjectionable behavior
  Synonym:unobjectionable

双语例句

• I made what I thought was a perfectly innocuous remark and he got most upset.
  我讲了一句原以为完全不会得罪人的话，没想到他听后却很不愉快。
• Most viruses act innocuous towards a system until their specific condition is met.
  大多数的病毒是在特定的条件下才对系统构成损害的。
• But this year the innocuous fruit has given rise to its very own food safety scandal.
  但今年，这种无辜的水果却陷入了自己的食品安全丑闻中。
• In many cases, the search is innocuous, done to find someone's contact information.
  大多数情况下，搜索引擎无伤大雅，目的只是为了找到某个人的联系信息。
• Countdown to the beginning, I still just their innocuous.
  倒数计时开始，我依然只是他们的无关痛痒。
• It's innocuous to drink the raw water in japan.
  在日本喝生水是不要紧的。
• Some showed people carrying guns, others bearing innocuous things, such as cola bottles or a coffee thermos.
  图里的人有的持枪，有的拿着无害的东西，比如可乐瓶或咖啡壶。
• I don't understand how such an innocuous children's book could cause such an uproar.
  我不明白为何这本对儿童无害的书竟会引起如此的骚动。
• According to this interpretation, mirror therapy works by replacing noxious memories with innocuous ones.
  基于这个解释，镜像实验的原理应该是用无害的记忆替换了有害的记忆。
• Today, cross talk topics as innocuous as Beijing's notoriously congested traffic are forbidden on TV or radio.
  今天，相声主题是无意的，北京臭名昭著的拥挤的交通禁止在电视或收音机里。