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protest one's innocence
常用于法律语境，表示坚持声称自己无罪。
He protested his innocence throughout the trial.
他在整个审判过程中坚称自己无罪。
无罪；清白
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无罪；清白
the state of not being guilty of a crime or offense
He protested his innocence throughout the trial.
他在整个审判过程中坚称自己无罪。
法律语境中指未被证明有罪
无罪；无责
Absence of responsibility for a crime, tort, etc.
天真无邪的品质
the quality of innocent naivete
天真；不谙世事
Lack of understanding about sensitive subjects such as sexuality and crime.
未被罪恶或道德过错玷污的状态；缺乏对邪恶的认识
the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil
Their innocence was obvious from the way they laughed at the simple game.
从他们对这个简单游戏发笑的样子来看，他们的天真显而易见。
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I loved the innocence in her voice when she asked about the stars.
她问起星星时，我喜欢她声音里的那份天真。
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The story captures the innocence of childhood without becoming childish.
这个故事捕捉到了童年的纯真，却不显得幼稚。
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the trial established his innocence
审判证实了他的清白
WordNet
常用于法律语境，表示坚持声称自己无罪。
He protested his innocence throughout the trial.
他在整个审判过程中坚称自己无罪。
表示由于天真或无经验而做出某种行为。
In her innocence, she believed everything he said.
她天真地相信了他所说的一切。
常指因经历负面事件而不再天真。
The war caused a loss of innocence for the entire generation.
战争使整整一代人失去了天真。
Not this
He is innocence.
Use this
He is innocent.
Innocence 是名词，意为‘天真无邪’或‘清白’；而表示‘天真的’应使用形容词 innocent。
Not this
He is an innocence.
Use this
He is an innocent.
Innocence 作为‘天真’是不可数名词，不能与不定冠词连用；表示‘天真的人’应使用名词 innocent，可数。
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证明无罪
The lawyer tried to prove his client's innocence.
律师试图证明委托人的清白。
声称无罪
The suspect claimed innocence during the interrogation.
嫌疑人在审讯中声称自己无罪。
坚称无罪
She protested her innocence throughout the trial.
她在整个审判过程中坚称自己无罪。
坚持无罪
He maintained his innocence despite the evidence.
尽管有证据，他仍坚持自己无罪。
孩子般的天真
She looked at the world with childlike innocence.
她用孩子般的天真看待世界。
失去的天真
The war robbed them of their lost innocence.
战争夺去了他们的天真。
天真年代
The novel captures the spirit of the age of innocence before the war.
这部小说捕捉了战前天真年代的精神。
毫无恶意地
She mentioned the topic in all innocence, unaware of the controversy.
她毫无恶意地提起这个话题，不知道其中的争议。
证明某人的清白
The new evidence helped him prove his innocence in court.
新证据帮助他在法庭上证明了自己的清白。
这份天真无邪如此闪耀，我希望它能永存。
The song's chorus celebrates the innocence of youth.
这首歌的副歌赞美了青春的天真无邪。
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记忆tip：'in' 无 'sense'（感觉），内心无杂念，即天真无邪。
正式；常用于法律语境，如法庭审理或司法裁决，表示未犯下被指控的罪行。
该词通常作不可数名词；复数形式 innocences 较少见，多用于文学或修辞语境，指具体的纯真表现或事例。
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