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- not guilty of a crime or offence清白的, 无罪的：
they left an innocent man dead
他们任由一个清白无辜的人死去
the innocent party
无过错的一方
he is innocent of Sir Thomas's death.
对托马斯爵士的死他无罪。
1.1
- predic.
innocent of
without; lacking没有…的; 缺乏…的： a street quite innocent of bookshops.
一条非常缺少书店的街。
1.2
- predic.
innocent of
without experience or knowledge of无…的经验（或知识）的： a man innocent of war's cruelties.
一个对战争的残酷性一无所知的人。
2
- attrib. not responsible for or directly involved in an event yet suffering its consequences无辜而受连累（或牵累）的：
an innocent bystander.
一个无辜而受牵连的旁观者。
3
- free from moral wrong; not corrupted天真的, 无邪的; 单纯的：
an innocent child.
一个天真无邪的孩子。
3.1
- simple; naive直率的; 头脑简单的, 幼稚的：
she is a poor, innocent young creature.
她是个可怜幼稚的年轻人。
4
- not involving or intended to cause harm or offence; harmless无恶意的, 无意冒犯的; 无害的：
an innocent mistake.
无害的错误。
1
- an innocent person, in particular无辜者, 无罪的人, 尤指：
1.1
- a pure, guileless, or naive person天真无邪的人; 幼稚的人：
she was an innocent compared with this man.
跟这男人比起来, 她是个天真无邪的人。
1.2
- a person involved by chance in a situation, especially a victim of crime or war无辜的受害者（尤指犯罪或战争的受害者）：
they are prepared to kill or maim innocents in pursuit of a cause.
他们为了达到某种目的准备不惜杀害或伤残无辜的受害者。
1.3
the Innocents
the young children killed by Herod after the birth of Jesus (Matt. 2:16)无辜婴孩们（耶稣诞生后被希律王杀害的儿童）（《马太福音》2:16）。
派生词
innocently
adverb词源
Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin innocent- 'not harming', from in- 'not' + nocere 'to hurt'.