英语小点心：天真无邪怎么说?

in·no·cent\ˈi-nə-sənt\

adjective

: not guilty of a crime or other wrong act

: not deserving to be harmed

: lacking experience with the world and the bad things that happen in life

Full Definition

1 a : free from guilt or sin especially through lack of knowledge of evil : blameless <an innocent child>

b : harmless in effect or intention <searching for a hidden motive in even the most innocent conversation — Leonard Wibberley>; also : candid <gave me an innocent gaze>

c : free from legal guilt or fault; also : lawful <a wholly innocent transaction>

2 a : lacking or reflecting a lack of sophistication, guile, or self-consciousness : artless, ingenuous

b : ignorant <almost entirely innocent of Latin — C. L. Wrenn>; also : unaware <perfectly innocent of the confusion he had created — B. R. Haydon>

3 : lacking or deprived of something <her face innocent of cosmetics — Marcia Davenport>

innocent noun

in·no·cent·ly adverb

Examples

He says that he is innocent of the crime.

She was found innocent of all charges.

A person accused of a crime is considered innocent until proven guilty.

Origin: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin innocent-, innocens, from in- + nocent-, nocens wicked, from present participle of nocēre to harm — more at noxious.

First use: 14th century

Synonyms: impeccable, pure, sinless, white

Antonyms: impure, peccant, sinful, sinning

英语小点心：天真无邪怎么说?