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

• It sounds innocuous, but it is not.
  这听起来似乎无关痛痒，但事实并非如此。
• The product which was newly made by our company is the raw materials of innocuous green food.
  本品系我公司最新研发的无公害绿色食品原材料，不含任何食品添加剂；
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• It's innocuous to drink the raw water in japan.
  在日本喝生水是不要紧的。
• 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。
• 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。
• I like this study because Facebook Likes seem kind of innocuous, he said.
  我喜欢这种研究，因为Facebook上的点赞看起来无伤大雅，他说。
• 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。