innocuous
英 [?'n?kj??s]
美[?'nɑkju?s]
- adj. 無害的；無傷大雅的
IELTSGRE低頻詞暢通詞匯
中文詞源
innocuous 無害的
in-,不，非，-noc,傷害，詞源同noxious,nuisance.即沒有傷害的。
英文詞源
- innocuous (adj.)
- 1590s, from Latin innocuus "harmless," from in- "not" (see in- (1)) + nocuus "hurtful," from root of nocere "to injure, harm," from *nok-s-, suffixed form of PIE root *nek- (1) "death" (see necro-). Related: Innocuously; innocuousness.
雙語例句
- 1. It seemed a perfectly innocuous remark.
- 那像是一句毫無惡意的話。
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 2. The question appeared innocuous enough, but I still did not trust her.
- 這個(gè)問題看來沒什么惡意, 可我仍然不相信她.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. The liquid looked fairly innocuous.
- 這種液體看來沒什么危險(xiǎn).
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. Even innocuous substances can sometimes register a positive result in a drug test.
- 即使無害的物質(zhì)在藥物測(cè)試中有時(shí)也會(huì)呈陽性.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. Both mushrooms look innocuous but are in fact deadly.
- 這兩種蘑菇看起來似乎都無害，實(shí)際上卻是致命的。
來自辭典例句