innocuous

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishinnocuousin‧noc‧u‧ous /ɪˈnɒkjuəs $ ɪˈnɑːk-/ adjective HARM/BE BAD FOROFFENDnot offensive, dangerous, or harmful SYN harmless an innocuous remark He’s a perfectly innocuous young man. —innocuously adverbExamples from the Corpusinnocuous• The producer dismissed the comment as quite innocuous.• innocuous chemicals• Someone stood up and asked the professor an apparently innocuous question about his laboratory work.• The interviewer only asked boring, innocuous questions.Origin innocuous (1500-1600) Latin innocuus, from nocere; → INNOCENT1

单词	innocuous
释义	innocuous From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishinnocuousin‧noc‧u‧ous /ɪˈnɒkjuəs $ ɪˈnɑːk-/ adjective HARM/BE BAD FOROFFENDnot offensive, dangerous, or harmful SYN harmless an innocuous remark He’s a perfectly innocuous young man. —innocuously adverbExamples from the Corpusinnocuous• The producer dismissed the comment as quite innocuous.• innocuous chemicals• Someone stood up and asked the professor an apparently innocuous question about his laboratory work.• The interviewer only asked boring, innocuous questions.Origin innocuous (1500-1600) Latin innocuus, from nocere; → INNOCENT1
随便看	be at the centre of be at the centre of a controversy etc be at the centre of a dispute etc be at the centre of a row etc be at the centre of a row/dispute/controversy etc be at the centre of something be at the end of your tether be at the forefront be at the forefront of be at the forefront of attention etc be at the forefront of mind etc be at the height of your fame etc be at the height of your powers etc be at the height of your success etc be at the height of your success/fame/powers etc be at the receiving end be at the receiving end of be at the root of be at the top of a list be at the top of the agenda be at the top of the league be at the top of the list be at the top of your game be at the top/bottom of a list be at variance