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innocent

/ˈɪnəsənt/ American
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  • adj. 无罪的
  • adj. 天真的
  • n. 天真的人
Definition
  • adj. not guilty of a crime
  • adj. lacking experience of the world
  • n. a person who is innocent or lacks worldly experience
Example
The jury decided the young man was innocent of the crime.
陪审团认定这名年轻人对这起罪行是无辜的。
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Synonyms & Differences 近义词辨析

Compared meaning: lacking experience of life (adjective).

比较义项:缺乏经验、阅历不足(形容词)。

  • green

    Informal; describes someone new to a job, skill or situation who still makes beginner mistakes, with no moral or trust connotation, often used predicatively, as in 'still green'.

    非正式用语,指初次接触某项工作、技能或情境、还会犯新手常见错误的人,不含道德或轻信之意,常作表语使用,如“still green”。

    The new intern is still a bit green when it comes to handling client calls.

    这位新来的实习生在处理客户电话方面还有点经验不足。

  • innocent 本词

    Emphasizes moral purity and a sheltered lack of exposure to the world's cruelty or vice, with a sympathetic tone; not primarily about being easily fooled.

    强调道德上的纯真,因受保护而未接触过世间的残酷或邪恶,语气偏同情;主要不是指容易被骗。

    Sheltered from a young age, she remained innocent about the cruelty of the world.

    她从小受到保护,对世间的残酷一直懵懂无知。

  • naive

    Stresses foolish, uncritical trust: someone who believes things too readily and is easily deceived, often used critically about a person's judgement or a plan.

    强调愚蠢而不加分辨的轻信:容易轻易相信他人、容易受骗,常带批评语气,用于评价一个人的判断力或某个计划。

    It was naive of him to believe the stranger's promise of easy money.

    他竟然相信陌生人轻松赚钱的承诺,实在是太天真轻信了。

Green, innocent, and naive all mean lacking experience. Green is informal, for someone new to a job; its 'color' sense is not compared. Innocent is sympathetic, stressing shelter from cruelty; its legal sense 'not guilty' is not compared. Naive is critical, stressing foolish trust.

这三个词都可表示“缺乏经验”,但语气和适用场合不同:green 语气随意口语化,多指在工作、技能等方面经验不足,常作表语,如“still green”;innocent 语气偏同情,强调因受保护而未接触过世间的邪恶或残酷面,带纯真色彩;naive 语气偏批评,强调因缺乏经验而轻易相信他人,容易受骗。这里不比较 green 表示“绿色的”(颜色)义项,也不比较 innocent 表示“无罪的”(法律)义项。