1SCLINNOCENT/NOT GUILTYthe fact of being not guilty of a crime 清白,无罪OPP guilt
Can you prove your innocence?
你能证明自己清白吗?
protest/maintain your innocence (=say repeatedly that you are not guilty) 坚持说自己无罪
The prisoners continued to protest their innocence.
犯人们一再申明他们无罪。
2EXPERIENCEDlack of experience of life or of knowledge of the bad things in the world 阅世不深,天真,单纯
In our innocence, we believed everything we were told.
我们太幼稚,把听到的一切都信以为真。
the innocence of childhood
童年的纯真
3.in all innocenceHARM/BE BAD FORif you do or say something in all innocence, you have no intention of doing harm or of offending anyone 完全没有恶意
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in all innocence• His alibi turns out to have been provided, in all innocence, by his twin!• The offended divinity gave not a thought to whether the youth had purposely insulted her or had come there in all innocence.
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innocence• Lawyers are trying to prove their client's innocence.
protest/maintain your innocence• He's been on remand for twenty months and always protested his innocence.• The four have maintained their innocence of the charges.• Both men maintain their innocence and are fighting extradition.• It will be said that children should maintain their innocence and should be protected from such distressingsubjects as bereavement.• They protested their innocence, and referred to the fact that no charges had been brought against them.• She wasn't going to protest her innocence again, but it was time this scene with its explosivepotential was ended.• He is pleasant, quite soft-spoken and a personablegentleman who maintains his innocence.
1being not guilty of a crime, etc.無罪ADJECTIVE | VERB + INNOCENCE | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤total完全清白VERB + INNOCENCE➤declare, proclaim, profess宣佈/宣稱/自稱無罪◇The prisoners passionately proclaimed their innocence in front of the jury.囚犯在陪審團面前情緒激動地宣稱自己無罪。➤claim, plead聲稱/辯稱無罪◇She claimed total innocence of all charges.她聲稱自己完全是清白的,所有指控都不成立。➤maintain堅持無罪◇He has maintained his innocence throughout the trial.整個審理過程中他堅稱自己無罪。➤protest聲明無罪◇Hayes has protested his innocence throughout the case.在案件的整個審理過程中,海斯一再聲明自己是無辜的。➤demonstrate, establish, prove表明/確認/證明無罪▸➤be convinced of確信無罪◇She was convinced of her son's innocence.她堅信自己的兒子是無辜的。PHRASES➤in all innocence毫無惡意◇I asked her the question in all innocence. I didn't know it was going to upset her.我問她這個問題時毫無惡意,根本沒想到會惹惱她。➤the presumption of innocence (law法律) 無罪推定innocence
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2lack of knowledge/experience無知;缺乏閱歷ADJECTIVE | VERB + INNOCENCE | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤childish, childlike, wide-eyed, youthful孩童般的純真;天真無邪;年少無知➤childhood童年的純真▸➤lost失去的純真➤complete, pure純真無邪➤sweet純真可愛▸➤injured受了傷的純真◇She replied to her father's accusations in tones of injured innocence.她以一種無辜受到傷害的語氣回應父親的指責。➤apparent外表的純真➤false, feigned, mock故作天真VERB + INNOCENCE➤lose失去純真◇He had lost the innocence of childhood.他已經失去了孩童時的純真。➤retain保持純真▸➤take advantage of利用天真◇She had taken advantage of his innocence.她利用了他的不諳世事。➤feign佯裝純真PREPOSITION➤in your innocence天真地◇In her innocence, she had allowed the man into her house.她傻傻地允許那個男人進了房子。➤with... innocence帶着⋯的天真◇He grinned with apparent innocence.他咧嘴笑了,一副天真的樣子。➤innocence about⋯中的天真◇There is an innocence about the story.這個故事有些幼稚。PHRASES➤an air of innocence天真的神態◇There was a touching air of innocence about the boy.這個男孩有一種令人動容的天真神態。➤a look of innocence, the picture of innocence無辜的樣子;故作天真◇'You cheated!' 'I what?' asked David, the picture of innocence (= pretending to look innocent).“你騙人!”“我什麼?”戴維故作天真地問。➤a state of innocence純真