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

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。
Some showed people carrying guns, others bearing innocuous things, such as cola bottles or a coffee thermos.
图里的人有的持枪，有的拿着无害的东西，比如可乐瓶或咖啡壶。
Even a seemingly innocuous outing for customers or suppliers can raise questions.
即便是看上去没什么问题、为客户或供应商安排的外出旅行，也可能招致疑问。
A study in Britain warns that antacids may not be as innocuous as they are thought to be.
英国的一项研究发出警告，抗酸药可能不是被认为的那样是无害的。
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。
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。
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。
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 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。
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。