insecure

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a. 不安全的, 不牢靠的, 不坚固的, 不稳定的

发音

UK /ɪnsəˈkjʊə(ɹ)/
其它
UK /ɪnsəˈkjɔː(ɹ)/
US /ɪnsəˈkjʊɹ/
US /ɪnsəˈkjɝ/
US /ɪnsəˈkjɔɹ/

词形变化

insecurer insecurest more insecure 比较级 most insecure 最高级

教材释义与例句

形容词

不安全的；不稳定的；不牢靠的

释义与例句

adj. C1
  1. 1.

    Not secure.

    不安全的

    1927, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados Mysteries It was, as Carrados explained, entirely his own preposterous fault. Nothing but curiosity about the size of the room had impelled him to touch the walls, and the picture, having a weak cord or an insecure nail ... had it not brought something else down in its fall?

  2. 2.

    Not comfortable or confident in oneself or in certain situations.

    He's a nice guy and all, but seems to be rather insecure around other people.

    Imagine being so insecure that you make it against the law for folks to dislike you.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 1

unsafe

反义词 1

secure

近义相关 7

vulnerable shaky precarious unsecured overanxious unassured unguaranteed

参见 5

dangerous vulnerable unsafe unprotected unfixed

词源

From in- + secure, or from Medieval Latin insēcūrus, itself from in- (“in-, un-, non-”) + sēcūrus (“safe, certain”). Piecewise doublet of unsecure and unsure.

来源：wiktionary