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

• The Federation changed its name to sound totally innocuous: the Water Environment Federation.
  该联合会换了一个完全无伤大雅的名称：水环境联合会。
• The results of this seemingly innocuous raid were more widespread than appears at first glance.
  这种似乎不关痛痒的袭击的效果比乍看上去大得多，影响很广泛。
• At its most innocuous, it's just an annoyance, spawning unwanted advertising.
  它最无害的一面是，它只是一种骚扰，制造不受欢迎的广告。
• The crawlers are innocuous and cause no harm to an owner's site or servers.
  爬虫是无害的并且不引起伤害到一位主人的地点或服务者。
• 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。
• 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。
• To publicly flog Lee for that relatively innocuous sentence in his book seems a bit much.
  就因为李开复书中这一句无伤大雅的话就公开对他大加抨击，似乎有些过分了。
• 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。
• It must not be supposed that the fall in prices thus analysed is innocuous.
  我们决不能假设这样分析出来的价格下降是无害的。
• 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。