insecure

英 [ˌɪnsɪˈkjʊə(r)]

美 [ˌɪnsɪˈkjʊr]

adj.  缺乏信心的; 无把握的; 不安全的; 无保障的; 不牢靠的

IELTS

Collins.2 / BNC.11089 / COCA.10533

牛津词典

adj.

• 缺乏信心的；无把握的
  not confident about yourself or your relationships with other people
  1. He's very insecure about his appearance.
     他对自己的长相没有信心。
  2. She felt nervous and insecure.
     她感到局促不安。
• 不安全的；无保障的；不牢靠的
  not safe or protected
  1. Jobs nowadays are much more insecure than they were ten years ago.
     当今的工作比十年前要不稳固得多。
  2. 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。
  3. Insecure doors and windows (= for example, without good locks) make life easy for burglars.
     门窗不牢靠方便了窃贼。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 缺乏自信的;对自己无把握的
  If you areinsecure, you lack confidence because you think that you are not good enough or are not loved.
  1. In effect she is punishing her parents for making her feel threatened and insecure...
     实质上她是在惩罚父母,因为他们让她感觉受到威胁,没有安全感。
  2. Most mothers are insecure about their performance as mothers.
     大多数母亲对自己为人母的表现都不是很自信。
• ADJ-GRADED 不安全的;无保障的;有危险的
  Something that isinsecureis not safe or protected.
  1. ...low-paid, insecure jobs...
     报酬低、无保障的工作
  2. Cellular phones are inherently insecure, as anyone can listen to and record conversations.
     手机天生就不安全,因为任何人都可以听到并录下谈话。

英英释义

adj

• lacking self-confidence or assurance
  1. an insecure person lacking mental stability
• lacking in security or safety
  1. his fortune was increasingly insecure
  2. an insecure future
  Synonym:unsafe
• not firm or firmly fixed
  1. the hinge is insecure
• not safe from attack
  Synonym:unsafe

双语例句

• What made him so insecure?
  是什么使得他感到那么不安全？
• To this day, I can't forget how insecure I felt, but it made me work harder.
  直到今天，我还是没有办法忘记我当时的不安全感，但是这种感觉让我更加努力地工作。
• If you bring friends along you look immature and insecure.
  如果你带上了其他朋友，这就是不成熟和没有安全感的表现。
• Not all women are wish I men rich, rich, will only insecure.
  不是所有女人都但愿自己男人有钱，有钱了、只会没有安全感。
• Most mothers are insecure about their performance as mothers.
  大多数母亲对自己为人母的表现都不是很自信。
• I feel insecure on this high ladder.
  站在这高高的梯子上我感到不安全。
• Any system implementing this behavior is inherently insecure.
  任何实现这一行为的系统其本质都是不安全的。
• Doing so can provide greater security in an insecure public network with heterogeneous systems.
  这样做可以在包含各类系统的不安全公共网络中提供更强的安全性。
• If you can identify what you're feeling insecure about, you can then take action on it.
  只有你知道了自己感到不安全的是什么，你才能有针对性的采取行动。
• You may find that depression is causing you to feel lonely and insecure.
  你可能发现，抑郁让你觉得孤独，没有安全感。