innocent adj. ⇨innocent (an innocent man)⇨naive (an innocent young child)innocent
adjective
innocent ♦︎ not guilty ♦︎ in the clear ♦︎ blamelessThese words all describe people who have not done anything wrong or illegal.这些词均表示无辜的、无罪的。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆to be innocent / not guilty of sth◆to plead innocent / not guilty◆to find sb innocent / not guilty■innocentnot having done sth wrong or illegal清白的;无辜的;无罪的◆They have imprisoned an innocent man.他们监禁了一名无辜的男子。◆She was found innocent of any crime.她获判无罪。◆He was the innocent party(= person) in the breakdown of the marriage.他的婚姻破裂了,但他是无过错的一方。◆There must be an innocent explanation for her behaviour.对她的行为一定有可以脱罪的解释。OPPguilty ⇨ guilty▸innocence
noun
[uncountable] ◆She protested her innocence(= said repeatedly that she was innocent).她一再申明自己是无辜的。OPPguilt ⇨ fault■ˌnot ˈguilty
phrase
(law法律) not having done sth illegal无罪的◆The jury found the defendant not guilty of the offence.陪审团裁决被告无罪。ⓘ People who have not done sth illegal plead not guilty to an offence. Someone may be found not guilty or a jury may return a verdict of not guilty.申辩无罪可用短语plead not guilty表示。be found not guilty指被判决无罪。陪审团作出无罪判决可用短语return a verdict of not guilty表示。OPPguilty ⇨ guilty■in the ˈclear
idiom
(ratherinformal) no longer thought to have done sth wrong or illegal不再被认为有罪◆It seems that the original suspect is in the clear.原先的嫌疑犯好像已被认定无罪。 see also clear ⇨ acquitverb■blameless (ratherformal, written) free from responsibility for doing sth bad无可指责的◆None of us is entirely blameless in this matter.在这件事上我们没有一个人是完全没有责任的。 see also blame ⇨ faultnoun