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not guilty of a crime, etc.; not having done something wrong 无辜的；清白的；无罪的 They have imprisoned an innocent man. 他们监禁了一名无辜的男子。 - innocent of something
She was found innocent of any crime. 她获判无罪。 - innocent of doing something
I was convinced that he was innocent of killing his wife. 我确信他杀害妻子是无辜的。 He was the innocent party (= person) in the breakdown of the marriage. 他们的婚姻破裂，他是无过错的一方。 There must be an innocent explanation for her behaviour. 对她的行为一定有可以脱罪的解释。
Extra ExamplesTopics Law and justiceb1He pleaded innocent to the charges. 对各项指控他申辩自己是清白的。 I am totally innocent of this crime. 我完全是无辜的，与这一罪案无关。 I had always believed her innocent. 我一直相信她是清白的。 The accused person should always be presumed innocent until proved guilty. 被告人只要没被证明有罪就应该推定其无罪。 The court found her innocent of the crime. 法庭判决她无罪。 She tried to sound all innocent as she asked the question. 她问问题时尽量使语气显得毫无恶意。 Stop playing innocent and answer my questions, please. 别装无辜了，请回答我的问题。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
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suffering harm or being killed because of a crime, war, etc. although not directly involved in it 无辜受害的；成为牺牲品的 an innocent bystander 无辜受害的旁观者 innocent victims of the bomb blast 炸弹下的无辜牺牲者。 Thousands of innocent civilians have been killed in this conflict. 成千上万的无辜平民在这场冲突中丧生。 He expressed outrage at the loss of innocent lives. 他对无辜生命的丧失表示愤慨。
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having little experience of the world, especially of sexual matters, or of evil or unpleasant things 天真无邪的；纯真的 He prefers to see his teenage daughter as an innocent young child. 他喜欢把他十几岁的女儿当成天真无邪的小孩子。 She is very naive and innocent. 她很天真无邪。 He looked so sweet and innocent. 他看起来如此甜美和天真。
Extra ExamplesTopics Life stagesb2She was sixteen and sweetly innocent. 她当时 16 岁，纯真可爱。 He came across as deceptively innocent and childlike. 他给人的印象是天真幼稚。 the strangely innocent world of her childhood 她童年时代无比天真的世界
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- act
- appear
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not intended to cause harm or upset somebody 无恶意的；无冒犯之意的 It was all innocent fun. 那不过是些无恶意的玩笑。 It was a perfectly innocent remark. 那是一句毫无冒犯之意的话。 The circumstance could be altogether innocent, but suspicions have been raised. 虽然情况显示完全没有危险，但仍有人提出质疑。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- act
- appear
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Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French, or from Latin innocent- ‘not harming’, from in- ‘not’ + nocere ‘to hurt’.