in·no·cent
adjective/ˈɪnəsnt/
/ˈɪnəsnt/
- not guilty of a crime, etc.; not having done something wrong
无辜的；清白的；无罪的 - They have imprisoned an innocent man.
他们监禁了一名无辜的男子。 - innocent of something She was found innocent of any crime.
她获判无罪。 - innocent of doing something I was convinced that he was innocent of taking the money.
我确信他拿了钱是无辜的。 - He was the innocent party (= person) in the dispute.
他是这场纠纷中的无辜者。 - There must be an innocent explanation for her behaviour.
对她的行为一定有可以脱罪的解释。
Extra ExamplesTopics Law and justiceb1- He pleaded innocent to the charges.
对各项指控他申辩自己是清白的。 - I am totally innocent of this crime.
我完全是无辜的，与这一罪案无关。 - I had always believed her innocent.
我一直相信她是清白的。 - The accused person should always be presumed innocent until proved guilty.
被告人只要没被证明有罪就应该推定其无罪。 - The court found her innocent of the crime.
法庭判决她无罪。 - She tried to sound all innocent as she asked the question.
她问问题时尽量使语气显得毫无恶意。 - Stop playing innocent and answer my questions, please.
别装无辜了，请回答我的问题。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- plead
- believe somebody
- …
- completely
- entirely
- totally
- …
- of
- They have imprisoned an innocent man.
- [only before noun] suffering harm or being killed because of a crime, war, etc. although not directly involved in it
无辜受害的；成为牺牲品的 - an innocent bystander
无辜受害的旁观者 - innocent victims of the bomb blast
炸弹爆炸中的无辜受害者 - Thousands of innocent civilians have been killed in this conflict.
成千上万的无辜平民在这场冲突中丧生。 - He expressed outrage at the loss of innocent lives.
他对无辜生命的丧失表示愤慨。
- an innocent bystander
- having little experience of the world, especially of sexual matters, or of evil or unpleasant things
天真无邪的；纯真的 - At the time I was still an innocent young child.
那时我还是一个天真烂漫的小孩子。 - She is very naive and innocent.
她很天真，很无辜。 - He looked so sweet and innocent.
他看起来是那么的甜蜜和天真。
Extra ExamplesTopics Life stagesb2- She was sixteen and sweetly innocent.
她当时 16 岁，纯真可爱。 - He came across as deceptively innocent and childlike.
他给人的印象是天真幼稚。 - the strangely innocent world of her childhood
她童年时代无比天真的世界
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- act
- appear
- be
- …
- very
- sweetly
- deceptively
- …
- sweet and innocent
- At the time I was still an innocent young child.
- not intended to cause harm or upset somebody
无恶意的；无冒犯之意的 - It was all innocent fun.
那不过是些无恶意的玩笑。 - It was a perfectly innocent remark.
那是一句毫无冒犯之意的话。 - The circumstance could be altogether innocent, but suspicions have been raised.
虽然情况显示完全没有危险，但仍有人提出质疑。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- act
- appear
- be
- …
- very
- all
- perfectly
- …
- It was all innocent fun.
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French, or from Latin innocent- ‘not harming’, from in- ‘not’ + nocere ‘to hurt’.