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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
innocent
in·no·cent [innocent innocents] adjective, noun BrE [ˈɪnəsnt] NAmE [ˈɪnəsnt]
adjective
1. not guilty of a crime, etc; not having done sth wrong
• They have imprisoned an innocent man.
•~ (of sth) She was found innocent of any crime.
•He was the innocent party (= person) in the breakdown of the marriage.
•There must be an innocent explanation for her behaviour.
Opp: ↑guilty
2. only before noun suffering harm or being killed because of a crime, war, etc. although not directly involved in it
•an innocent bystander
•innocent victims of a bomb blast
• Thousands of innocent civilians have been killed in this conflict.
3. having little experience of the world, especially of sexual matters, or of evil or unpleasant things
Syn: ↑naive
•an innocent young child
4. not intended to cause harm or upset sb
Syn: ↑harmless
• It was all innocent fun.
•It was a perfectly innocent remark.
Word Origin:
Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin innocent- ‘not harming’, from in- ‘not’ + nocere ‘to hurt’.
Thesaurus:
innocent adj.
1.
•They imprisoned an innocent man.
blameless • |informal in the clear • |law not guilty •
Opp: guilty
innocent/not guilty of sth
plead innocent/not guilty
find sb innocent/not guilty
2.
•the innocent world of childhood
naive • • childlike • • inexperienced • • impressionable •
Opp: knowing
a/an innocent/impressionable child
a/an innocent/naive belief
young and innocent/inexperienced/impressionable
Example Bank:
•He came across as deceptively innocent and childlike.
•He pleaded innocent to the charges.
•I am totally innocent of this crime.
•I had always believed her innocent.
•She tried to sound all innocent as she asked the question.
•She was sixteen and sweetly innocent.
•Stop playing innocent and answer my questions, please.
•The accused person should always be presumed innocent until proved guilty.
•The circumstance could be altogether innocent, but suspicions have been raised.
•The court found her innocent of the crime.
•the strangely innocent world of her childhood
•He prefers to see his teenage daughter as an innocent young child.
•He was the innocent party in the breakdown of the marriage.
Derived Word: ↑innocently
noun
an innocent person, especially a young child
Word Origin:
Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin innocent- ‘not harming’, from in- ‘not’ + nocere ‘to hurt’.
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