单词 | innocent |
释义 | innocent (once / 92 pages) adjn You may think your fluffy white cat is just an innocent, or harmless, little kitty, but she shows no mercy when attacking that toy mouse. Innocent is an adjective that describes someone or something that is not harmful or at least doesn’t cause harm on purpose. It can also be used when talking about a person who did not commit a crime. “Innocent until proven guilty” is a phrase that means people who have been accused of a crime should be considered innocent, or free of blame, unless a judge or jury decides that they are officially guilty. WORD FAMILYinnocent: innocence, innocency, innocently, innocents+/innocence: innocences/innocency: innocencies USAGE EXAMPLESFew South Koreans believe the chaebol are innocent victims in the unfolding case. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) US President Barack Obama, who is on holiday in Hawaii, offered condolences "for the innocent lives lost" and offered "appropriate assistance". BBC(Jan 01, 2017) National Security Council spokesman Ned Price said the attack on “innocent revelers” celebrating New Year’s shows the attackers’ savagery. Seattle Times(Dec 31, 2016) 1adj free from sin Syn impeccant, sinless virtuous morally excellent 2adj free from evil or guilt an innocent child the principle that one is innocent until proved guilty Syn|Ant clean-handed, guiltless exculpatory clearing of guilt or blame absolved, clear, cleared, exculpated, exonerated, vindicatedfreed from any question of guilt acquitted, not guiltydeclared not guilty of a specific offense or crime; legally blameless blameless, inculpable, irreproachable, unimpeachablefree of guilt; not subject to blame righteouscharacterized by or proceeding from accepted standards of morality or justice guilty responsible for or chargeable with a reprehensible act inculpative, inculpatorycausing blame to be imputed to at faultdeserving blame blamable, blameable, blameful, blameworthy, censurable, culpabledeserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurious bloodguiltyguilty of murder or bloodshed chargeable, indictableliable to be accused, or cause for such liability conscience-smittenaffected by conscience criminalguilty of crime or serious offense delinquentguilty of a misdeed finable, fineableliable to a fine guilt-riddenfeeling or revealing a sense of guilt punishableliable to or deserving punishment red-handedin the act of committing a crime or other reprehensible act unrighteousnot righteous 3adj lacking intent or capacity to injure an innocent prank Syn innocuous harmless not causing or capable of causing harm 4adj lacking in sophistication or worldliness a child's innocent stare Syn ingenuous naif, naive marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience 5adj not knowledgeable about something specified American tourists wholly innocent of French Syn unacquainted uninformed not informed; lacking in knowledge or information 6adj completely wanting or lacking innocent of literary merit Syn barren, destitute, devoid, free nonexistent not having existence or being or actuality 7adj (used of things) lacking sense or awareness fine innocent weather Syn unconscious not conscious; lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception as if asleep or dead 8n a person who lacks knowledge of evil Syn|Hypo|Hyper inexperienced person boy scout a man who is considered naive dear, lamba sweet innocent mild-mannered person (especially a child) naifa naive or inexperienced person virgina person who has never had sex individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul a human being |
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