2innocent victims/bystanders/people etcSUFFERpeople who get hurt or killed in a war or crime although they are not directly involved in it 〔战争或犯罪行为中〕无辜的受害者/旁观者/人们等
Many innocent civilians are among the casualties.
伤亡者当中有很多是无辜的平民。
3HARM/BE BAD FORdone or said without intending to harm or offend anyone 不带恶意的
He was startled by their angry reaction to his innocent remark.
他们对他那毫无恶意的话如此愤怒,使他大为惊讶。
4EXPERIENCEDnot having much experience of the bad things in the world, so that you are easily deceived 天真无邪的,阅世不深的SYN naive
I was thirteen years old and very innocent.
我那时13岁,非常单纯无知。
—innocentlyadverbadv
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innocent• Dickinson sailed down in slow, sweepingcurves, feeling strangely innocent.• Perhaps it was by purechance that the other woman had been there, and Matthew was entirely innocent.• Nobody believes that she's innocent.• And could they be innocent?• Police OfficerJack Wronski said two of the victims were known gang members; the other was an innocentbystander.• "I didn't kill him - I'm innocent!" Davies shouted.• Don't get her mixed up in your plan - she's just an innocentgirl.• Bates allowed an innocent man to go to jail for his crime.• I'm sorry. It was just an innocentmistake.• Jett maintains that he is completely innocent of the charges against him.• Masterfully, in that moment, Pennington shades Peter's love innocent rather than tawdry.• He's so innocent that anyone can take advantage of him.• Observations of the most innocent type.• Under criminallaw people are presumedinnocent until proved guilty.• Harry Belafonte was Joe, an innocent young soldier.
found ... innocent• He then announced that the courts had found me innocent and therefore I would shortly be released.• Some of these unfortunateprisoners were later found innocent at the Forest Eyre.• Once again he was found to be innocent, but he was still kept under arrest.• Dave Bassett has been found innocent of allegations of obscenebehaviour at Chelsea last month.• Malespeaker Mr Barkerfound himself an innocent victim and he was questioned and released.
innocent2 noun [countableC]
EXPERIENCEDsomeone who does not have much experience of the bad things in life 涉世不深的人
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innocent• She is a girl of about 12, and she faces the camera with the calmcomposure of an innocent.• He's such an innocent; anyone can take advantage of him.• Both John and Donner, in different ways, are innocents, Donner surprisingly and dangerously so.• These guys are holyinnocents, in love with their worlds and their words.• Moralpatients are, for the most part, innocents.• Unfortunately the innocents get hurt, never the criminals behind the scenes.
Origininnocent1
(1300-1400)FrenchLatin, from nocens“evil”, present participle of nocere“to harm”
1not guilty無罪VERBS | ADVERB | PREPOSITIONVERBS➤be, plead無罪;辯稱無罪◇He pleaded innocent to the charges.對各項指控他申辯自己是清白的。➤believe sb, presume sb相信某人無辜;推定某人無罪◇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.被告人只要沒被證明有罪就應該推定其無罪。➤declare sb, find sb, prove sb宣佈/判決/證明某人無罪◇The court found her innocent of the crime.法庭判決她無罪。ADVERB➤completely, entirely, totally, wholly (especially BrE) 完全清白;完全無辜PREPOSITION➤of無⋯罪◇I am totally innocent of this crime.我完全是無辜的,與這一罪案無關。innocent
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2not intended/intending to cause harm沒有惡意VERBS | ADVERBVERBS➤act, appear, be, look, play, seem, sound故作無辜;顯得無辜;沒有惡意;看上去無惡意;假裝無辜;似乎沒有惡意;聽起來無辜◇Stop playing innocent and answer my questions, please.別裝無辜了,請回答我的問題。ADVERB➤very毫無惡意▸➤all, perfectly絲毫沒有惡意;毫無冒犯之意◇She tried to sound all innocent as she asked the question.她問問題時盡量使語氣顯得毫無惡意。◇The circumstance could be perfectly innocent, but suspicions have been raised.雖然情況顯得沒有任何危險,但還是有人表示懷疑。➤relatively相對來說沒有惡意▸➤apparently, seemingly表面上/貌似沒有惡意innocent
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3with no experience of the world不諳世事VERBS | ADVERB | PHRASESVERBS➤act, appear, be, seem故作天真;看似天真;天真;似乎天真◇She was sixteen and sweetly innocent.她當時 16 歲,純真可愛。ADVERB➤very很天真▸➤sweetly天真可愛➤deceptively裝作天真◇He came across as deceptively innocent and childlike.他給人的印象是天真幼稚。➤sexually不諳性事PHRASES➤sweet and innocent可愛天真◇Don't be fooled by them acting all sweet and innocent.別上他們的當,他們那是故作親切、佯裝天真。
innocent adj. ⇨innocent (an innocent man)⇨naive (an innocent young child)innocent
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innocent ♦︎ not guilty ♦︎ in the clear ♦︎ blamelessThese words all describe people who have not done anything wrong or illegal.这些词均表示无辜的、无罪的。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆to be innocent / not guilty of sth◆to plead innocent / not guilty◆to find sb innocent / not guilty■innocentnot having done sth wrong or illegal清白的;无辜的;无罪的◆They have imprisoned an innocent man.他们监禁了一名无辜的男子。◆She was found innocent of any crime.她获判无罪。◆He was the innocent party(= person) in the breakdown of the marriage.他的婚姻破裂了,但他是无过错的一方。◆There must be an innocent explanation for her behaviour.对她的行为一定有可以脱罪的解释。OPPguilty ⇨ guilty▸innocence
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[uncountable] ◆She protested her innocence(= said repeatedly that she was innocent).她一再申明自己是无辜的。OPPguilt ⇨ fault■ˌnot ˈguilty
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(law法律) not having done sth illegal无罪的◆The jury found the defendant not guilty of the offence.陪审团裁决被告无罪。ⓘ People who have not done sth illegal plead not guilty to an offence. Someone may be found not guilty or a jury may return a verdict of not guilty.申辩无罪可用短语plead not guilty表示。be found not guilty指被判决无罪。陪审团作出无罪判决可用短语return a verdict of not guilty表示。OPPguilty ⇨ guilty■in the ˈclear
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(ratherinformal) no longer thought to have done sth wrong or illegal不再被认为有罪◆It seems that the original suspect is in the clear.原先的嫌疑犯好像已被认定无罪。 see also clear ⇨ acquitverb■blameless (ratherformal, written) free from responsibility for doing sth bad无可指责的◆None of us is entirely blameless in this matter.在这件事上我们没有一个人是完全没有责任的。 see also blame ⇨ faultnoun