1 innocent (of sth) not having done wrong 清白的；无罪的: An innocent man was arrested by mistake. 有个无辜的男子被错误逮捕了。to be innocent of a crime 清白无罪 [SYN] blameless 同义词为blameless [OPP] guilty 反义词为guilty

2 (only before a noun 只用于名词前) being hurt or killed in a crime, war, etc although not involved in it in any way 在罪行、战争等中受伤或遇害的（虽然没有参与）；无辜的: innocent victims of a bomb blast 炸弹爆炸事件中的无辜受害者an innocent bystander 无辜的旁观者

3 not wanting to cause harm or upset sb, although it does 非故意伤害或令人不高兴的: He got very aggressive when I asked an innocent question about his past life. 我问了一个有关他过去生活的问题，并无恶意，他却变得满怀敌意。

4 not knowing the bad things in life; believing everything you are told 不谙世情；天真: She was so innocent as to believe that politicians never lie. 她天真到以为政治家从不撒谎。 [SYN] naive 同义词为naive➔innocently adv ‘What are you doing here?’ she asked innocently (= pretending she did not know the answer). “你们在这儿干什么呀？”她假装不知道地问。