| 单词 | innocence |
| 释义 | innocence (ɪnəsəns ) 1. uncountable noun Innocence is the quality of having no experience or knowledge of the more complex or unpleasant aspects of life. ...the sweet innocence of youth. [+ of] Synonyms: naiveté, simplicity, inexperience, freshness 2. uncountable noun [oft poss NOUN] If someone proves their innocence, they prove that they are not guilty of a crime. He claims he has evidence which could prove his innocence. Synonyms: blamelessness, righteousness, clean hands, uprightness Quotations: He's armed without that's innocent withinEpilogue to the Satires Those who are incapable of committing great crimes do not readily suspect them in othersMaxims If you would live innocently, seek solitudeSententiae Whoever blushes is already guilty; true innocence is ashamed of nothingÉmile It's innocence when it charms us, ignorance when it doesn'tThe Neurotic's Notebook Collocations: innocence of youth She puts it down to the innocence of youth. Times,Sunday Times It's about my first love and the innocence of youth, playing in the garden. The Sun You could put it down to the wild innocence of youth but that would be to go easy on himself, and that was never his way. Times, Sunday Times Talk about the innocence of youth. Times, Sunday Times Whatever happened to the innocence of youth? Times, Sunday Times These assorted souls, along with others, scrabble around for their lost innocence in a sullied world, and chance events turn their lives upside down. Times, Sunday Times Could it be nostalgia, a collective hankering for a lost innocence? Times, Sunday Times Its intentions — striving to express lost innocence and shared humanity — are honourable and the production values high. Times, Sunday Times The thoughts of their wiser, older selves are just as poignant, as they recall lost friends and lost innocence. Times, Sunday Times The pain of that separation informs her work, and she explores the longings that many of us feel for a lost land, or lost innocence, or both. Times, Sunday Times They plead innocence on the flimsy grounds that their users are solely responsible for what happens on their 'platforms'. Times, Sunday Times He pleaded innocence and has been found guilty. The Sun It's like stealing a car and pleading innocence on the basis that you could have paid, but just didn't want to. Times, Sunday Times They pleaded innocence and said that, yes, they would immediately cancel the installation appointment. Times, Sunday Times Yet for two years he shamelessly pleaded innocence, costing police and prosecutors at least 100,000 of public money. The Sun For can't one presume innocence while simultaneously seeking to prove guilt? Times, Sunday Times I'm aware of the risk one takes presuming innocence. Times, Sunday Times We're charged with presuming innocence, right? Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 For two people so desperate to protest their innocence, they could try a lot harder not to look like down-and-outs. The Sun But his release could be blocked because he continues to protest his innocence. Times, Sunday Times I didn't even bother to protest my innocence. Times, Sunday Times He has been able to protest his innocence in parliament, but they have not been heard. Times, Sunday Times But she told her lawyer she wants to protest her innocence at a trial. The Sun She needs to prove her innocence with actions, not words. The Sun The attempts to prove her innocence have been at risk of being thwarted on more than one occasion and have broken a few careers. Times, Sunday Times Those not charged are unable to prove their innocence: for the rest of their lives, some people will always be suspicious of them. Times, Sunday Times But, in his bid to prove his innocence, he stumbles on a far more complex conspiracy. The Sun We have a precedent with speed cameras: drivers are presumed guilty and have to prove their innocence. Times, Sunday Times Is such relative innocence plausible in the modern cultural age? Times, Sunday Times Given their relative innocence and the exuberance with which they play the game, it seemed cruel that these young men got the worst of the weather on all three days. Times, Sunday Times But the structure, rewinding from hellish experience to relative innocence, makes you feel the full weight of that tired truth. Globe and Mail The government is all wide-eyed innocence when asked about this. Times, Sunday Times (2014) The tone of wide-eyed innocence is either refreshing or deeply cynical. The Sun (2014) When do they lose this wide-eyed innocence? Times, Sunday Times (2008) Contrary to the stereotypes, this was no case of the roué artist plucking youthful innocence. Times, Sunday Times At this point, the narrator breaks into the narrative to apostrophise about the ominous future closing in on youthful innocence. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It describes the loss of innocence that comes with adulthood along with an attempt, on the part of the singer, to recapture that youthful innocence. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 天真 Japanese: 無邪気 |
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