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 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。
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。
Even a seemingly innocuous outing for customers or suppliers can raise questions.
即便是看上去没什么问题、为客户或供应商安排的外出旅行，也可能招致疑问。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
The tone of the meeting was pleasant and innocuous.
会见的调子是令人愉快和坦率的。