英语词汇“innocuous”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

WORD ORIGINinnocuous

Origin:

1500-1600 Latin innocuus, from nocere; ➔ INNOCENT1

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES

innocuous chemicals
Someone stood up and asked the professor an apparently innocuous question about his laboratory work.
The interviewer only asked boring, innocuous questions.
The murder suspect was an innocuous-looking man with wire-framed glasses.
The producer dismissed the comment as quite innocuous.

Longman Language Activatornot harming anything or anyone► harmless

· I don't know why you're so upset -- it was only a harmless bit of fun.· Radioactive waste needs to be stored for 25,000 years before it is harmless.harmless enough (=used to say that someone or something that may seem harmful, is in fact not harmful) · He's a little crazy, I know, but he's harmless enough.

► innocuous

not harmful - use this especially when people have said or believe that something or someone is harmful: · The producer dismissed the comment as quite innocuous.· The murder suspect was an innocuous-looking man with wire-framed glasses.seemingly/apparently innocuous (=seeming harmless, but actually intended to be harmful): · Someone stood up and asked the professor an apparently innocuous question about his laboratory work.

► do no harm/not do any harm

if an action, activity, experience etc does no harm , it does not harm someone or something and may even help: · Learning how to live on your own for a while will do you no harm at all.it would do no harm to do something: · I expect they've sold all the tickets, but it won't do any harm to ask.

► friendly

: environment-friendly/ozone-friendly etc used especially about products in shops, meaning that they do not harm the environment etc: · Look for aerosols which say 'ozone-friendly' on the can.· Tighter laws are needed to prevent manufacturers from falsely claiming their products are environment friendly.

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► seemingly innocuous/innocent

(=seeming unlikely to cause any problems)· Even seemingly innocuous questions can get an employer into trouble.

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► seemingly

· Whatever censorship takes place in libraries, even of seemingly innocuous indecent material, can reverberate elsewhere.· Even seemingly innocuous turnstile-exits with interlocking horizontal bars give my sister pause, however.· Some were communiqu s from extremist groups overseas; others were seemingly innocuous.· It behooves companies to tread carefully in this area because even seemingly innocuous questions can get them into trouble.

单词	innocuous
释义	innocuousin‧noc‧u‧ous /ɪˈnɒkjuəs $ ɪˈnɑːk-/ adjective Word Origin WORD ORIGINinnocuous Origin: 1500-1600 Latin innocuus, from nocere; ➔ INNOCENT1 Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES innocuous chemicals Someone stood up and asked the professor an apparently innocuous question about his laboratory work. The interviewer only asked boring, innocuous questions. The murder suspect was an innocuous-looking man with wire-framed glasses. The producer dismissed the comment as quite innocuous. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatornot harming anything or anyone► harmless · I don't know why you're so upset -- it was only a harmless bit of fun.· Radioactive waste needs to be stored for 25,000 years before it is harmless.harmless enough (=used to say that someone or something that may seem harmful, is in fact not harmful) · He's a little crazy, I know, but he's harmless enough. ► innocuous not harmful - use this especially when people have said or believe that something or someone is harmful: · The producer dismissed the comment as quite innocuous.· The murder suspect was an innocuous-looking man with wire-framed glasses.seemingly/apparently innocuous (=seeming harmless, but actually intended to be harmful): · Someone stood up and asked the professor an apparently innocuous question about his laboratory work. ► do no harm/not do any harm if an action, activity, experience etc does no harm , it does not harm someone or something and may even help: · Learning how to live on your own for a while will do you no harm at all.it would do no harm to do something: · I expect they've sold all the tickets, but it won't do any harm to ask. ► friendly : environment-friendly/ozone-friendly etc used especially about products in shops, meaning that they do not harm the environment etc: · Look for aerosols which say 'ozone-friendly' on the can.· Tighter laws are needed to prevent manufacturers from falsely claiming their products are environment friendly. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► seemingly innocuous/innocent (=seeming unlikely to cause any problems)· Even seemingly innocuous questions can get an employer into trouble. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► seemingly · Whatever censorship takes place in libraries, even of seemingly innocuous indecent material, can reverberate elsewhere.· Even seemingly innocuous turnstile-exits with interlocking horizontal bars give my sister pause, however.· Some were communiqu s from extremist groups overseas; others were seemingly innocuous.· It behooves companies to tread carefully in this area because even seemingly innocuous questions can get them into trouble. not offensive, dangerous, or harmful SYN harmless: an innocuous remark He’s a perfectly innocuous young man.—innocuously adverb
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