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 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。
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；
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。
It looks like innocuous steam, but it actually smells.
它看来无害，但是有臭味。
A study in Britain warns that antacids may not be as innocuous as they are thought to be.
英国的一项研究发出警告，抗酸药可能不是被认为的那样是无害的。
Something as innocuous as a cotton swap can bend one of the delicate electrical pins.
用一些象棉线圈般无害的东西，来弯曲成一个精美的电别针。
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。
Depending on the nature of the pollutant, this transfer can be innocuous or stimulatory to the forest.
根据污染物的性质，这种转移对森林可能是无害的，还可能有促进作用。
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 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。