| 英语单词 | innocuous |
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| 英美音标 | 英 [ɪ'nɒkjuəs] 美 [ɪ'nɑːkjuəs] |
| 中文释义 | adj.无害的;无毒的;无关痛痒的 |
| 英语例句 | (1) It seemed a perfectly innocuous remark. (2) All growing here are innocuous vegetables. (3) This is an innocuous resolution. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 那像是一句毫无恶意的话。 (2) 这裡种植的都是无公害蔬菜。 (3) 这项决议案不痛不痒。 |
| vocabulary简明 | Something that's innocuous isn't harmful or likely to cause injury. Public figures like mayors and governors have to expect they'll get critical or even hurtful emails and phone calls, as well as more innocuous feedback. |
| vocabulary扩展 | The adjective innocuous is useful when you're talking about something that doesn't offend or injure anyone. Innocuous remarks or comments are meant kindly, and innocuous germs won't make you sick. An innocuous question is innocently curious, rather than aimed to hurt someone's feelings. The word comes from the Latin roots in-, "not," and nocere, "to injure or harm." |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [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;无冒犯之意的 Something that is innocuous is not at all harmful or offensive. [FORMAL 正式]
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