innocent
英 ['ɪnəs(ə)nt]
美['ɪnəsnt]
- adj. 无辜的；无罪的；无知的
- n. 天真的人；笨蛋
- n. (Innocent)人名；(英、西)因诺森特；(法)伊诺桑
词态变化
复数: innocents;副词: innocently;
助记提示
1. 兜里没有一分钱的小孩.
2. 小偷被抓住后说in（口袋里）no（没有）cent（一分钱）——清白的，无罪的。
2. 小偷被抓住后说in（口袋里）no（没有）cent（一分钱）——清白的，无罪的。
中文词源
innocent 无辜的，天真的
in-,不，非，-noc,伤害，词源同noxious,nuisance.即没有伤害的，引申词义无辜的，天真的。
英文词源
- innocent
- innocent: [14] Someone who is innocent is literally ‘harmless’. The word comes, partly via Old French, from Latin innocēns, an adjective formed with the negative prefix in- from the present participle of nocēre ‘harm’ (source of English nuisance) – hence, ‘not harming’. The slight semantic shift from ‘not harming’ to ‘blameless, guiltless’ took place in Latin.
=> nuisance - innocent (adj.)
- mid-14c., "doing no evil, free from sin or guilt," from Old French inocent "harmless; not guilty; pure" (11c.), from Latin innocentem (nominative innocens) "not guilty, harmless, blameless," from in- "not" (see in- (1)) + nocentem (nominative nocens), present participle of nocere "to harm" (see noxious). Meaning "free from guilt of a specific crime or charge" is from late 14c. The earliest use was as a noun, "person who is innocent of sin or evil" (c. 1200). The Holy Innocents (early 14c.) were the young children slain by Herod after the birth of Jesus (Matt. ii:16).
双语例句
- 1. He was innocent and the victim of a frame-up.
- 他是清白的，是受人诬陷的。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Under all the innocent fun, there are hidden dangers, especially for children.
- 在所有简单无害的娱乐项目背后都隐藏着危险，特别是对儿童而言。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. Both groups on either side are just picking off innocent bystanders.
- 对峙双方都只是在瞄准射击无辜的旁观者。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. He's curiously innocent about what this means to other people.
- 关于这对其他人意味着什么，他一无所知，这一点颇不寻常。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. I was overwhelmed with longing for those innocent days of early childhood.
- 我内心充满着对纯真的童年时光的怀念。
来自柯林斯例句