the fact of not being guilty of a crime, etc. 清白；无辜；无罪 She protested her innocence (= said repeatedly that she was innocent). 她一再申明自己是无辜的。 This new evidence will prove their innocence. 这一新的证据将证明他们的清白。
Extra ExamplesTopics Law and justicec1Hayes has protested his innocence throughout the case. 在案件的整个审理过程中，海斯一再声明自己是无辜的。 He has maintained his innocence throughout the trial. 整个审理过程中他坚称自己无罪。 I asked her the question in all innocence. I didn't know it was going to upset her. 我问她这个问题时毫无恶意，根本没想到会惹恼她。 She claimed total innocence of all charges. 她声称自己完全是清白的，所有指控都不成立。 She replied to her father's accusations in tones of injured innocence. 她以一种无辜受到伤害的语气回应父亲的指责。 She was convinced of her son's innocence. 她坚信自己的儿子是无辜的。 The prisoners passionately proclaimed their innocence in front of the jury. 囚犯在陪审团面前情绪激动地宣称自己无罪。 The solicitors were convinced of his innocence and urged him to appeal the conviction. 律师坚信他是清白无辜的，催促他进行上诉。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- total
- declare
- proclaim
- profess
- …
- in all innocence
- the presumption of innocence
lack of knowledge and experience of the world, especially of evil or unpleasant things 天真；纯真；单纯 Children lose their innocence as they grow older. 儿童随着年龄的增长而失去其天真。 In her innocence, she agreed to go back with him to his house. 她天真地同意和他一起回他家。
Extra ExamplesThere were claims that the whole nation had somehow lost its innocence. 有人声称整个国家不知何故失去了纯真。 There was a touching innocence about the child's request. 孩子的请求很纯真，让人感动。 The story is about a child's loss of innocence. 这个故事讲的是一个孩子怎样失去了天真。 In her innocence, she had stopped to help a girl who seemed to be injured. 她天真地停下来帮助一个似乎受伤的女孩。 I felt I had returned to a state of almost child-like innocence. 我觉得自己又回到了一种近乎孩童般的纯真状态。 There was a touching air of innocence about the boy. 这个男孩有一种令人动容的天真神态。 There is an innocence about the story. 这个故事有些幼稚。 She had taken advantage of his innocence. 她利用了他的不谙世事。 In his innocence he had allowed the salesman in to discuss vacuum cleaners. 他傻傻地允许推销员进屋讨论吸尘器的问题。 In her innocence, she had allowed the man into her house. 她傻傻地允许那个男人进了房子。 He had lost the innocence of childhood. 他已经失去了孩童时的纯真。 He grinned with apparent innocence. 他咧嘴笑了，一副天真的样子。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- childish
- childlike
- wide-eyed
- …
- lose
- retain
- take advantage of
- …
- in your innocence
- with… innocence
- innocence about
- …
- an air of innocence
- a look of innocence
- the picture of innocence
- …
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French, from Latin innocentia, from innocent- ‘not harming’ (based on nocere ‘injure’).