innocence
noun /ˈɪnəsns/
/ˈɪnəsns/
[uncountable]Idioms - 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。
Topics Law and justicec1- Hayes 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。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- total
- declare
- proclaim
- profess
- …
- in all innocence
- the presumption of innocence
- She protested her innocence (= said repeatedly that she was innocent).
- 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。
- There 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。
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
- …
- Children lose their innocence as they grow older.
词源Middle English: from Old French, from Latin innocentia, from innocent- ‘not harming’ (based on nocere ‘injure’).
Idioms
in all innocence
- without knowing that something is likely to offend or upset somebody
清白；无辜；无罪 - I asked if she was married in all innocence.
我问她结婚了没有，完全没有恶意。
- I asked if she was married in all innocence.