insecure
adjective /ˌɪnsɪˈkjʊə(r)/
/ˌɪnsɪˈkjʊr/
- not confident about yourself or your relationships with other people
缺乏信心的;无把握的 - He's very insecure about his appearance.
他对自己的长相很没信心。 - She felt nervous and insecure.
她感到局促不安。
Topics Feelingsc1- He felt a little insecure about being left alone.
只剩下他一个人,他觉得有些不安。 - a star who is notoriously insecure about her looks
出了名的对自己的相貌缺乏自信的女星 - He was a rather insecure young man with a slight stammer.
他是个相当缺乏安全感的年轻人,有点口吃。
Collocations Dictionaryverbs- appear
- be
- feel
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- extremely
- fairly
- very
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- about
- He's very insecure about his appearance.
- not safe or protected
不安全的;无保障的;不牢靠的 - Jobs nowadays are much more insecure than they were ten years ago.
当今的工作比十年前要不安稳得多了。 - As an artist he was always financially insecure.
作为一名艺术家,他在经济上总是没有保障。 - Many people use insecure passwords or they use the same password for everything.
许多人使用不安全的密码,或者他们对任何事情都使用相同的密码。 - Insecure doors and windows (= for example, without good locks) make life easy for burglars.
门窗不牢靠方便了窃贼。 - men who are worried about losing their jobs and becoming financially insecure
担心失业从而失去经济保障的人
Collocations Dictionaryverbs- appear
- be
- feel
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- about
- Jobs nowadays are much more insecure than they were ten years ago.
- likely to move, fall down, etc.
synonym unstable (3)不安全 - an insecure ladder/footbridge
不安全的梯子/人行桥
opposite secure - an insecure ladder/footbridge
词源mid 17th cent.: from medieval Latin insecurus ‘unsafe’, from in- ‘not’ + Latin securus ‘free from care’, or from in- ‘not’ + secure.