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

At its most innocuous, it's just an annoyance, spawning unwanted advertising.
它最无害的一面是，它只是一种骚扰，制造不受欢迎的广告。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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 crawlers are innocuous and cause no harm to an owner's site or servers.
爬虫是无害的并且不引起伤害到一位主人的地点或服务者。
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。
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。