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 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。
• 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。
• It's innocuous to drink the raw water in japan.
  在日本喝生水是不要紧的。
• 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。
• Even innocuous substances can sometimes register a positive result in a drug test.
  即使无害的物质在药物测试中有时也会呈阳性。
• 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。
• 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。
• It looks like innocuous steam, but it actually smells.
  它看来无害，但是有臭味。
• The tone of the meeting was pleasant and innocuous.
  会见的调子是令人愉快和坦率的。
• 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。