innocent

英 [ˈɪnəsnt]

美 [ˈɪnəsnt]

adj. 无辜的; 清白的; 无罪的; 无辜受害的; 成为牺牲品的; 无恶意的; 无冒犯之意的
n. 无辜者，单纯的人(尤指天真无邪的孩子)

复数：innocents　

Oxford 3000 / Collins.3 / BNC.3421 / COCA.2775

牛津词典

adj.

无辜的；清白的；无罪的
not guilty of a crime, etc.; not having done sth wrong
1. They have imprisoned an innocent man.
  他们监禁了一名无辜的男子。
2. She was found innocent of any crime.
  她获判无罪。
3. He was the innocent party (= person) in the breakdown of the marriage.
  他们的婚姻破裂，他是无过错的一方。
无辜受害的；成为牺牲品的
suffering harm or being killed because of a crime, war, etc. although not directly involved in it
1. an innocent bystander
  无辜受害的旁观者
2. innocent victims of a bomb blast
  炸弹爆炸中的无辜受害者
无恶意的；无冒犯之意的
not intended to cause harm or upset sb
1. It was all innocent fun.
  那不过是些无恶意的玩笑。
2. It was a perfectly innocent remark.
  那是一句毫无冒犯之意的话。
天真无邪的；纯真的
having little experience of the world, especially of sexual matters, or of evil or unpleasant things
1. an innocent young child
  天真无邪的小孩子

noun

ADJ 清白的;无罪的
If someone isinnocent, they did not commit a crime which they have been accused of.
1. He was sure that the man was innocent of any crime...
  他确信那个男人没有犯任何罪。
2. The police knew from day one that I was innocent.
  警方一开始就知道我是无辜的。
ADJ-GRADED 天真的;幼稚的;不谙世故的
If someone isinnocent, they have no experience or knowledge of the more complex or unpleasant aspects of life.
1. They seemed so young and innocent...
  他们看起来如此少不更事。
2. He's curiously innocent about what this means to other people.
  关于这对其他人意味着什么,他一无所知，这一点颇不寻常。
3. Aninnocentis someone who is innocent.
  天真无邪的人;涉世不深的人;幼稚的人
4. Ian was a hopeless innocent where women were concerned.
  一涉及女性,伊恩就显得极其无知。
ADJ 无辜(受害)的
Innocentpeople are those who are not involved in a crime or conflict, but are injured or killed as a result of it.
1. All those wounded were innocent victims...
  所有伤者都是无辜的受害人。
2. The war was killing innocent women and children.
  战争夺走了许多无辜妇女和儿童的生命。
ADJ-GRADED 没有恶意的;无冒犯之意的
Aninnocentquestion, remark, or comment is not intended to offend or upset people, even if it does so.
1. It was a perfectly innocent question.
  那是个完全没有恶意的问题。

noun

adj

(used of things) lacking sense or awareness
1. fine innocent weather
completely wanting or lacking
1. writing barren of insight
2. young recruits destitute of experience
3. innocent of literary merit
4. the sentence was devoid of meaning
Synonym:barrendestitutedevoidfree
lacking intent or capacity to injure
1. an innocent prank
Synonym:innocuous
free from evil or guilt
1. an innocent child
2. the principle that one is innocent until proved guilty
Synonym:guiltlessclean-handed
lacking in sophistication or worldliness
1. a child's innocent stare
2. his ingenuous explanation that he would not have burned the church if he had not thought the bishop was in it
Synonym:ingenuous
free from sin
Synonym:impeccantsinless

The gangster stabbed an innocent person to death.
歹徒扎死了一名无辜者。
Air bombardment raised criticism on the humanitarian grounds that innocent civilians might suffer.
空袭遭到了批评，因为从人道主义的立场来看，无辜的平民可能会受到伤害。
He becomes an innocent dupe in a political scandal.
他在一起政治丑闻中成了一名无辜的受骗者。
They may be hoping to invert the presumption that a defendant is innocent until proved guilty.
他们可能有望颠覆“被告在证实有罪之前是无辜的”这一假设。
It was a perfectly innocent question.
那是个完全没有恶意的问题。
It is not easy to put the guilty and innocent into clear-cut categories.
有罪和无罪并不那么容易判定。
The jury found the defendant innocent.
陪审团判定被告是无辜的。
The embargo would only hurt innocent civilians
禁运只会殃及无辜的百姓。
Governments have been known to snoop on innocent citizens.
有些政府窥探无辜公民的生活——这一事实已经众所周知。
I was overwhelmed with longing for those innocent days of early childhood.
我内心充满着对纯真的童年时光的怀念。