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

• Most viruses act innocuous towards a system until their specific condition is met.
  大多数的病毒是在特定的条件下才对系统构成损害的。
• 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；
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• It sounds innocuous, but it is not.
  这听起来似乎无关痛痒，但事实并非如此。
• 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。