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

• Allergic reactions can occur when the immune system over reacts to innocuous substances.
  过敏反应可能发生当免疫系统起反应对无害物质。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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；
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。