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。
• I made what I thought was a perfectly innocuous remark and he got most upset.
  我讲了一句原以为完全不会得罪人的话，没想到他听后却很不愉快。
• OBJECTIVE To explore the innocuous management of waste disposable medical articles.
  目的探讨一次性医疗用品用后处理无害化管理的方法。
• The tone of the meeting was pleasant and innocuous.
  会见的调子是令人愉快和坦率的。
• It looks like innocuous steam, but it actually smells.
  它看来无害，但是有臭味。
• 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。
• It sounds innocuous, but it is not.
  这听起来似乎无关痛痒，但事实并非如此。
• Today, cross talk topics as innocuous as Beijing's notoriously congested traffic are forbidden on TV or radio.
  今天，相声主题是无意的，北京臭名昭著的拥挤的交通禁止在电视或收音机里。
• 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。
• 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。