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.這些詞均表示無辜的、無罪的。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;無辜的;無罪的◆They have imprisoned an innocent man.他們監禁了一名無辜的男子。◆She was found innocent of any crime.她獲判無罪。◆He was the innocent party(= person) in the breakdown of the marriage.他的婚姻破裂了,但他是無過錯的一方。◆There must be an innocent explanation for her behaviour.對她的行爲一定有可以脫罪的解釋。OPPguilty ⇨ guilty▸innocence
noun
[uncountable] ◆She protested her innocence(= said repeatedly that she was innocent).她一再申明自己是無辜的。OPPguilt ⇨ fault■ˌnot ˈguilty
phrase
(law法律) not having done sth illegal無罪的◆The jury found the defendant not guilty of the offence.陪審團裁決被告無罪。ⓘ 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.申辯無罪可用短語plead not guilty表示。be found not guilty指被判決無罪。陪審團作出無罪判決可用短語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不再被認爲有罪◆It seems that the original suspect is in the clear.原先的嫌疑犯好像已被認定無罪。 see also clear ⇨ acquitverb■blameless (ratherformal, written) free from responsibility for doing sth bad無可指責的◆None of us is entirely blameless in this matter.在這件事上我們沒有一個人是完全沒有責任的。 see also blame ⇨ faultnoun