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Harmless Completely I Things Adj Graded 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词 Harmlessly Ly

英语单词 harmless
英美音标 英 ['hɑːmləs] 美 ['hɑːrmləs]
中文释义 adj.无害的;无恶意的
英语例句 (1) She developed a few harmless eccentricities.
(2) No cigarette is completely harmless.
(3) I made a harmless remark to some guy at the bar and he swung at me.
(4) The bomb blast killed several harmless passers-by.
中文例句 (1) 她逐渐养成一些无害的癖性。
(2) 没有香烟是完全无害的。
(3) 在酒吧里我向某个家伙说了句无恶意的话,他就向我打了一拳。
(4) 炸弹爆炸使几个无辜行人受伤。
vocabulary简明 Things that can't hurt you are harmless. It might be hard for you to believe her when your sister tells you that her enormous pet snake is completely harmless.
vocabulary扩展 If your friend is scared of dogs, you can reassure her by saying, "Sure, he's 150 pounds and has a loud bark, but Fido is harmless!" Things that are safe or benign don't cause harm, and are therefore harmless, like your dad's harmless teasing or a compostable paper plate that's harmless to the environment. The word harmless originally meant "uninjured," or "not harmed," and came to mean "undamaged" by the end of the 1300s.
柯林斯解释
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]无害的;(尤指对健康)不造成伤害的 Something that is harmless does not have any bad effects, especially on people's health.
  • Industry has been working at developing harmless substitutes for these gases...

    该行业一直在努力开发一些可以替代这些气体的无害物质。

  • This experiment was harmless to the animals.

    这个试验不会对动物造成伤害。

harmlessly
  • Another missile exploded harmlessly outside the town.

    又一枚导弹在城外爆炸,没有造成任何伤害。

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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]无关紧要的;不讨人厌的;不会惹麻烦的 If you describe someone or something as harmless, you mean that they are not important and therefore unlikely to annoy other people or cause trouble.
  • He seemed harmless enough...

    他看起来不会惹什么麻烦。

  • I would not want to deny them a harmless pleasure.

    我不想剥夺他们这点无伤大雅的乐趣。

harmlessly
  • It started harmlessly enough, with a statement from the Secretary of State for Social Security.

    开始时并没有什么重要内容,由社会保障大臣作了一个发言。

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