英:[ˌɪnəˈfensɪv]
美:[ˌɪnəˈfɛnsɪv]
英:[ˌɪnəˈfensɪv]
美:[ˌɪnəˈfɛnsɪv]
in·of·fen·sive
In fen sihv
inoffensively (adv.), inoffensiveness (n.)
词根:inoffensive
adv.inoffensively 无害地;不伤害人地
Adjective
1. not causing anger or annoyance;
"inoffensive behavior"
2. morally respectable or inoffensive;
"a past that was scarcely savory"
3. giving no offense;
"a quiet inoffensive man"
"a refreshing inoffensive stimulant"
4. of an inoffensive substitute for offensive terminology;
"`peepee' is a common euphemistic term"
5. not offensive;
"an inoffensive level"
6. causing no harm;
"an inoffensive animal"
"不冒犯,不造成伤害,不引起骚乱,没有任何令人不悦或不安的事物",来自1590年代的 in-(1)"不,相反" + offensive(形容词)。相关词汇: Inoffensively; inoffensiveness。
无害的
The first known use of inoffensive was in 1646
inorganicadjective
being or composed of matter that does not come from plants or animals either alive or dead : mineral
of or relating to a branch of chemistry concerned with substances that contain little or no carbon
inordinateadjective
going beyond reasonable limits : immoderate
an inordinate curiosity
inordinateadjective
going beyond reasonable limits : immoderate
an inordinate curiosity
inopportuneadjective
inconvenient
an inopportune time
inoperativeadjective
not functioning : producing no effect
an inoperative law
inoperableadjective
not treatable by surgery
an inoperable cancer
not in working order : inoperative
inoffensiveadjective
not offensive or harmful
1 But isn’t transsexual superhero imagery out of step with prevalent practice, the making of inoffensive objects to fill booths at art fairs?
2 Her work so far is clean, crisp, contained: completely inoffensive.
3 A First-Date Tale The first date, with its tentative stabs at bland conversation and carefully inoffensive verbal parrying, may be riveting to the participants but rarely makes for captivating cinema.
4 As with “The Today Show,” BBC One serves the nation as a source of inoffensive background noise for breakfasts and waiting room televisions.
5 In “The Big Necessity” she pointed out that “there is no neutral word for what humans produce at least once a day, usually unfailingly. There is no defecatory equivalent of the inoffensive, neutral ‘sex.’”
6 Food, on the other hand, provides an instant topic of conversation that anyone can join, inoffensive without being boring.
7 She seemed so inoffensive that the sentries let her pass without any questions as another vendor, one of the many who often arrived from the towns in the swamp.
8 It’s a pop-up shop in SoHo, selling a limited collection of inoffensive holiday gifts to last-minute shoppers.
9 It is the most inoffensive of the three.
它是三种中性情最温和的。
10 The wines are not bad; in their most popular manifestation, they are rather fruity and inoffensive.
11 The inoffensive musical selections — a club mix of a jazz standard, some Icelandic dream pop — provide mood shifts and some contemporary cool.
12 This is easily the best inoffensive joke in Israeli writer David Grossman’s brilliant, blistering new novel.
13 He's a mild, inoffensive man.
他是个温和有礼的男人。
14 All are inoffensive as opposed to products of methane, carbon dioxide formed under strictly anaerobic conditions.
这些都没有毒性,这与严格地在厌氧条件下形成的甲烷 、 二氧化碳的情况相反.
15 This would be entirely inoffensive if Ben were meant to be remotely rakish.
16 When the ring was complete, I considered wrecking it again, but the gods were inoffensive, dull.
17 Mr Gonzales is a polite and inoffensive man. He has moderate views on affirmative action and abortion.
冈萨雷斯为人谦恭有礼,不讨人嫌,在平权法案和堕胎问题上也都持温和态度。
18 He is a quiet inoffensive person.
他是位安静、不冒犯别人的人。
19 To the untutored eye, such observations may seem inoffensive enough, albeit on a grave subject.
20 People turned to white because if they wanted to sell their houses, they needed the color to be simple and inoffensive.
1 没有恶意的
3 不得罪人的
4 无害的
innocent harmless innocuous nondestructive hurtless taintless unharmful innoxious unhurtful safe benign unoffending tame Platonic unharming kind white sackless nonhazardous
5 不为害
7 没恶意
8 无恶意的
9 无害
innocent harmless innocuous nondestructive hurtless taintless unharmful innoxious unhurtful hurtlessly harmlessly inoffensively innocence whiteness harmlessness disarm without prejudice tame pull teeth unoffending unharming innocuity unarm kind white sackless nonhazardous safen defuse break no squares