innocent
英 ['ɪnəs(ə)nt]
美 ['ɪnəsnt]
- adj. 無辜的;無罪的;無知的
- n. 天真的人;笨蛋
- n. (Innocent)人名;(英、西)因諾森特;(法)伊諾桑
助記提示
1. 兜裏沒有一分錢的小孩.
2. 小偷被抓住後說in(口袋裏)no(沒有)cent(一分錢)——清白的,無罪的。
中文詞源
innocent 無辜的,天真的in-,不,非,-noc,傷害,詞源同noxious,nuisance.即沒有傷害的,引申詞義無辜的,天真的。
英文詞源
- innocent
- innocent: [14] Someone who is innocent is literally ‘harmless’. The word comes, partly via Old French, from Latin innocēns, an adjective formed with the negative prefix in- from the present participle of nocēre ‘harm’ (source of English nuisance) – hence, ‘not harming’. The slight semantic shift from ‘not harming’ to ‘blameless, guiltless’ took place in Latin.
=> nuisance - innocent (adj.)
- mid-14c., "doing no evil, free from sin or guilt," from Old French inocent "harmless; not guilty; pure" (11c.), from Latin innocentem (nominative innocens) "not guilty, harmless, blameless," from in- "not" (see in- (1)) + nocentem (nominative nocens), present participle of nocere "to harm" (see noxious). Meaning "free from guilt of a specific crime or charge" is from late 14c. The earliest use was as a noun, "person who is innocent of sin or evil" (c. 1200). The Holy Innocents (early 14c.) were the young children slain by Herod after the birth of Jesus (Matt. ii:16).
雙語例句
- 1. He was innocent and the victim of a frame-up.
- 他是清白的,是受人誣陷的。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Under all the innocent fun, there are hidden dangers, especially for children.
- 在所有簡單無害的娛樂項目背後都隱藏著危險,特別是對兒童而言。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Both groups on either side are just picking off innocent bystanders.
- 對峙雙方都隻是在瞄準射擊無辜的旁觀者。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. He's curiously innocent about what this means to other people.
- 關於這對其他人意味著什麽,他一無所知,這一點頗不尋常。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. I was overwhelmed with longing for those innocent days of early childhood.
- 我內心充滿著對純真的童年時光的懷念。
來自柯林斯例句