harmless

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a. 无害处的, 未受损害的, 无辜的, 无恶意的 [法] 无害的, 无恶意的, 无损害的

发音

UK /ˈhɑːmləs/
US /ˈhɑɹmləs/

词形变化

more harmless 比较级 most harmless 最高级

教材释义与例句

形容词

无害的；无恶意的

unable or unlikely to hurt anyone or cause damage

Her brother's a bit simple, but he's quite harmless.

她的弟弟有点愚钝，不过他决不会伤害别人。

释义与例句

adj. B2
  1. 1.

    Incapable of causing harm or danger; safe.

    无害

    Near-synonyms: benign, innocuous, innocent, undamaging, nonthreatening, unthreatening

    This snake looks nearly the same as its poisonous cousin but is harmless.

  2. 2.

    Not intended to harm; inoffensive.

    His humor can be annoying but is harmless.

  3. 3.

    Unharmed.

    废旧

词汇关系

形容词

反义词 1

harmful

近义相关 2

innocent innocuous

参见 7

safe painless benign innocuous nontoxic atoxic benignant

相关短语

hold harmless adj. 使免遭恶化的 save harmless

词源

From Middle English harmles, from Old English *hearmlēas, from Proto-Germanic *harmalausaz (“without harm; harmless”), equivalent to harm + -less. Cognate with German harmlos (“harmless”), Danish harmløs (“harlmess”), Swedish harmlös (“harmless”).

来源：wiktionary