剑桥高阶英汉双解词典 - harmless collapse

harmless
[UK]/'hɑ:m.ləs/ [US]/'hɑ:rm-/
adjective
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* not able or not likely to cause harm
无害的；不会导致损伤的

1. Peter might look a bit fierce, but actually he's fairly harmless.
彼得看上去可能有点凶，但他是不会伤人的。

2. There were those who found the joke offensive, but Johnson insisted it was just a bit of harmless fun.
有人觉得这个玩笑有些讨厌，可是约翰逊却坚持认为这只是个无伤大雅的玩笑。

柯林斯COBUILD高阶英汉双解学习词典 - harmless collapse

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1.ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词无害的;（尤指对健康）不造成伤害的 Something that is harmless does not have any bad effects, especially on people's health.

  • Industry has been working at developing harmless substitutes for these gases...

    该行业一直在努力开发一些可以替代这些气体的无害物质。

  • This experiment was harmless to the animals.

    这个试验不会对动物造成伤害。

harmlessly

  • Another missile exploded harmlessly outside the town.

    又一枚导弹在城外爆炸，没有造成任何伤害。

2.ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词无关紧要的;不讨人厌的;不会惹麻烦的 If you describe someone or something as harmless, you mean that they are not important and therefore unlikely to annoy other people or cause trouble.

  • He seemed harmless enough...

    他看起来不会惹什么麻烦。

  • I would not want to deny them a harmless pleasure.

    我不想剥夺他们这点无伤大雅的乐趣。

harmlessly

  • It started harmlessly enough, with a statement from the Secretary of State for Social Security.

    开始时并没有什么重要内容，由社会保障大臣作了一个发言。

牛津高阶英汉双解 第7版 - harmless collapse

☞ harmless
harm·less / 5hB:mlEs; NAmE 5hB:rm- / adjective1. ~ (to sb / sth) unable or unlikely to cause damage or harm
   无害的；不会导致损伤的:
   The bacteria are harmless to humans.
   这种细菌对人无害。
2. unlikely to upset or offend anyone
   不会引起不快的；无恶意的
   SYN  innocuous :
   It's just a bit of harmless fun.
   开个小玩笑罢了,并无恶意的。
• harm·less·ly adv.:
   The missile fell harmlessly into the sea.
   导弹落到了海里,没有导致任何伤害。
• harm·less·ness noun [U]

牛津搭配语词典 第2版 - harmless collapse

harmless adj.

• VERBS appear, be, look, seem, sound | make sth, render sth chemical wastes which have to be rendered ~ | consider sth

• ADVERB absolutely, completely, perfectly, quite, totally | almost, virtually | enough He looks ~ enough. | comparatively, fairly, mostly, pretty, reasonably, relatively | apparently, seemingly a small and seemingly ~ creature | environmentally

• PREPOSITION to The substance is ~ to people.

Harmless is used with these nouns: fun, substance

牛津英语同义词学习词典 - harmless collapse

harmless adj.
⇨ safe 2

新牛津英语同义词词典 - harmless collapse

harmless

adjective
1 a harmless substance
SAFE , innocuous, benign, gentle, mild, wholesome, non-dangerous, non-toxic, non-poisonous, non-irritant, non-addictive; rare innoxious.
-opposite(s): DANGEROUS ; HARMFUL.

2 he seems harmless enough
INOFFENSIVE , innocuous, unobjectionable, unexceptionable, unoffending, tame, gentle.
-opposite(s): OBJECTIONABLE.