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

• The third is a great comfort to me: Feeling insecure is good for you.
  第三条对我来说是一个极大的安慰：不安全感于你有益。
• 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。
• How can countries ( particularly the least developed and food insecure countries) tap to these international mechanism?
  国家（尤其是最不发达和粮食不安全国家）怎样才能利用这些国际机制？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• I felt terribly insecure when I arrived at ARL because of my lack of qualifications.
  我到海军部心里感到非常不踏实，因为我没有学历。
• People who are already vulnerable and food insecure are likely to become even more so.
  已经很脆弱的人口和粮食不安全状况很可能进一步恶化。
• You have requested a secure document that contains some insecure information.
  您已经请求了一个包含某些不安全信息的安全文档。
• People feel pinched in their pocketbooks and insecure about their futures.
  人们感到荷包拮据，对未来缺乏安全感。