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blameless adj.
⇨ holy (live a blameless life) ⇨ innocent (not blameless in this matter) holy adjective holy ♦︎ pure ♦︎ saintly ♦︎ blamelessThese words all describe sb who is morally good. 这些词均表示圣洁的、高尚的。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆a holy / pure / saintly man / woman / person◆to live a holy / pure / saintly / blameless life■ holy / /ˈhəʊli; NAmE ˈhoʊli/ (often approving) good in a religious and moral way 圣洁的◆He tries to live a holy life.他努力过圣洁的生活。◆They are good and holy people.他们是圣洁善良的好人。 see also holy ⇨ religious ■ pure without any morally bad thought or actions, especially sexual ones; morally good 纯真的；贞洁的；正派的◆The nuns here live a quiet and pure life.在这儿修女们过着清静圣洁的生活。◆He insisted that his motives were pure.他坚持说他的动机纯正。 see also purity ⇨ morality ■ saintly (sometimes disapproving) very good or holy 圣人般的；非常圣洁善良的◆He was a saintly but somewhat ineffective archbishop.他是个圣洁善良却略显平庸的大主教。NOTE 辨析 Holy or saintly?The term holy is either approving, or simply descriptive, meaning that sb has devoted (= given) their life to religion. * holy或有褒义，或只是客观描述，指献身于宗教◆He spent the rest of his life as a hermit and holy man, living in a mountain hut.他隐居山间小屋修行，度过了圣洁的余生。 Saintly is not used in this descriptive way, and is either approving or disapproving: it can be used to suggest that sb is too good, in a way that is annoying, not practical or that does not seem real. * saintly不用于客观描述，词义或褒或贬，可以指某人好得过了头而使人厌烦、显得不切实际或不真实。 ■ blameless /ˈbleɪmləs/ / (rather formal) doing no wrong 无过错的◆All three women had lived blameless lives.她们三个女人一生都过得清清白白。 innocent adjective innocent ♦︎ not guilty ♦︎ in the clear ♦︎ blamelessThese words all describe people who have not done anything wrong or illegal. 这些词均表示无辜的、无罪的。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆to be innocent / not guilty of sth◆to plead innocent / not guilty◆to find sb innocent / not guilty■ innocent not having done sth wrong or illegal 清白的；无辜的；无罪的◆They have imprisoned an innocent man.他们监禁了一名无辜的男子。◆She was found innocent of any crime.她获判无罪。◆He was the innocent party (= person) in the breakdown of the marriage.他的婚姻破裂了，但他是无过错的一方。◆There must be an innocent explanation for her behaviour.对她的行为一定有可以脱罪的解释。OPP guilty ⇨ guilty ▸ innocence noun [uncountable] ◆She protested her innocence (= said repeatedly that she was innocent).她一再申明自己是无辜的。OPP guilt ⇨ fault ■ ˌnot ˈguilty phrase (law 法律) not having done sth illegal 无罪的◆The jury found the defendant not guilty of the offence.陪审团裁决被告无罪。ⓘ People who have not done sth illegal plead not guilty to an offence. Someone may be found not guilty or a jury may return a verdict of not guilty. 申辩无罪可用短语plead not guilty表示。be found not guilty指被判决无罪。陪审团作出无罪判决可用短语return a verdict of not guilty表示。 OPP guilty ⇨ guilty ■ in the ˈclear idiom (rather informal) no longer thought to have done sth wrong or illegal 不再被认为有罪◆It seems that the original suspect is in the clear.原先的嫌疑犯好像已被认定无罪。 see also clear ⇨ acquit verb ■ blameless (rather formal, written) free from responsibility for doing sth bad 无可指责的◆None of us is entirely blameless in this matter.在这件事上我们没有一个人是完全没有责任的。 see also blame ⇨ fault noun |