innocuous
英 [?'n?kj??s]
美[?'nɑkju?s]
- adj. 無(wú)害的；無(wú)傷大雅的
IELTSGRE低頻詞暢通詞匯
中文詞源
innocuous 無(wú)害的
in-,不，非，-noc,傷害，詞源同noxious,nuisance.即沒(méi)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(yǔ)例句
- 1. It seemed a perfectly innocuous remark.
- 那像是一句毫無(wú)惡意的話。
來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 2. The question appeared innocuous enough, but I still did not trust her.
- 這個(gè)問(wèn)題看來(lái)沒(méi)什么惡意, 可我仍然不相信她.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 3. The liquid looked fairly innocuous.
- 這種液體看來(lái)沒(méi)什么危險(xiǎn).
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 4. Even innocuous substances can sometimes register a positive result in a drug test.
- 即使無(wú)害的物質(zhì)在藥物測(cè)試中有時(shí)也會(huì)呈陽(yáng)性.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 5. Both mushrooms look innocuous but are in fact deadly.
- 這兩種蘑菇看起來(lái)似乎都無(wú)害，實(shí)際上卻是致命的。
來(lái)自辭典例句