单词 | unsafe |
释义 | unsafeadj. 1. Not enjoying safety; exposed to danger or risk. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > [adjective] > exposed to danger unsurea1400 periclitate1525 dangeredc1604 endangered1609 unsafea1616 perdua1625 insecure1655 imperilled1656 unsecure1656 naufrageous1694 perilled1819 jeopardized1864 periculant1882 at-risk1965 a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) iii. ii. 33 Vnsafe the while, that wee must laue Our Honors in these flattering streames. View more context for this quotation a1618 W. Raleigh Remains (1664) 151 People that were..un-safe, or un~sure for their lives. 1676 M. Hale Contempl. Moral & Divine i. 277 Which makes the man's estate unquiet and unsafe, because he hath many competitors. 1892 Ld. Tennyson Foresters iv. i I have let them know Their lives unsafe in..our woods. 2. a. Of actions, etc.: Involving, or not free from, danger or risk. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > [adjective] > full of risk adventurousa1375 jeopardous1451 jeopardious?1504 hazardous1549 venturous1570 hazardly1575 chanceful1591 unsafe1597 venturable1597 hazard1601 desperatea1616 hazardable1618 hazardful1626 discriminous1658 venturesome1661 precarious1727 riskful1793 risky1813 1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. xlii. 84 Yet others should be taught how vnsafe it was to continue his friends. a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) v. i. 44 Let's think't vnsafe To come into the cry. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) ii. ii. 33 These dangerous, vnsafe Lunes i' th' King. View more context for this quotation 1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors 84 This great number of slaves make it unsafe to walk the streets..unarm'd. 1722 R. Wodrow Corr. (1843) II. 665 Our Assembly..declared the unsafe tendency of several propositions advanced by them. 1798 S. Lee Young Lady's Tale in H. Lee Canterbury Tales II. 168 [He] thought its appearance so unsafe, that..he chose to mount a horse. 1836 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece III. 259 A small number whom it appeared unsafe to trust. 1864 E. A. Parkes Man. Pract. Hygiene 427 Rain water may be unsafe, if the tanks are not clean. b. Of ways or places: Dangerous from natural or other causes. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > [adjective] plightlyOE wothea1300 perilousc1300 wickeda1375 plightfula1400 dreadfulc1400 parlous?a1425 shrewd1482 danger1488 dangerous1490 periculous1533 dangerful1548 dangersome1567 craggy1582 perilsome1593 endangering1601 unsafe1621 imperilous1645 ugly1654 warm1726 neck-break1756 wanchancy1768 uncanny1785 unchancy1786 nasty1828 unhealthy1915 windy1919 1621 in W. Foster Eng. Factories India 1618–21 (1906) 274 The tyme of winter had made the wayes unsafe. 1650 in F. P. Verney & M. M. Verney Mem. Verney Family 17th Cent. (1907) I. 464 The wayes are everywhere unsafe for travell. 1686 A. Horneck Crucified Jesus xxii. 661 Where the roads are unsafe, there men carry swords. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson iii. ii. 315 Full of sharp-pointed coral rocks, which..render it a very unsafe anchorage. 1781 W. Cowper Heroism 33 Oh, bliss precarious, and unsafe retreats! 1835 W. Wordsworth Russ. Fugitive ii. ii, in Yarrow Revisited 128 And midway in the unsafe morass, A single Island rose Of firm dry ground. 1891 F. W. Farrar Darkness & Dawn I. xx. 188 While Nero..made the streets..unsafe with riot and assault. c. unsafe period n. the part of the menstrual cycle during which conception is most likely. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > reproductive cycle > [noun] > menstrual cycle safe period1900 postmenstruum1910 premenstruum1910 mid-cycle1952 unsafe period1961 paramenstruum1966 rhythm1974 1961 G. Greene Burnt-out Case iii. i. 82 He sometimes allowed her to be alone during her monthly or unsafe periods. 1969 Times 20 Nov. 3/3 The Roman Catholic Church has revised its ideas about the..‘unsafe period’ and now makes it four days around the mid-point of the female cycle. 3. Not to be trusted to; unreliable. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > unreliability > [adjective] unsicker?c1225 uncertaina1382 unsadc1384 untristya1387 untrustya1387 unsurec1412 falliblec1425 slipperc1430 ficklea1450 frivol1488 slidder?a1500 casuala1535 slippery1548 slippy1548 failable1561 doubtful1562 lubricious1584 slope1587 queasy1589 unconfirmedc1592 nice1598 catching1603 loose1603 precary1606 ambiguous1612 treacherous1612 unsafe1615 unsureda1616 precarious1626 lubric1631 dubious1635 lubricous1646 unestablished1646 unfixed1654 unsecure?a1685 unreliable1810 unproven1836 untrustworthy1846 shady1848 wobbly1877 Kaffir1899 independable1921 dodgy1961 temperamental1962 1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 92 A number of wracks..did miserably testifie the unsafe protection of that harbour. a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) iii. iv. 78 No obstacle, no incredulous or vnsafe circumstance,..can come betweene me, and the full prospect of my hopes. View more context for this quotation 1660 Bp. J. Taylor Ductor Dubitantium I. ii. iii. Rule 14 §2 The topick of traditions..was..false in many things, and therefore unsafe in all questions. 1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 635 Land..on which it is deemed unsafe to sow grain, on account of the worm. 1863 R. S. Poole in W. Smith Dict. Bible II. 869/2 Such mere similarity of sound is a most unsafe guide. 1894 A. Robertson Nuggets 34 We say ‘As unsafe as a bank’, after what has occurred in Melbourne. Draft additions 1993 4. Law. Of a verdict, conviction, etc.: open to the possibility of being proved a miscarriage of justice. Frequently in unsafe and unsatisfactory. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > [adjective] > wrong or mistaken false1656 unsafe1904 unsatisfactory1907 1904 Rep. Comm. Inquiry case Mr. A. Beck 332 in Parl. Papers 1905 (Cd. 2315) LXII. 465 The new evidence, without establishing the innocence of the prisoner, throws sufficient doubt on the conviction to make it unsafe to detain the prisoner. 1907 F. E. Smith in Hansard Commons 29 July 631 To substitute words directing the Court to allow the appeal if they think the verdict is, under all the circumstances of the case, unsafe or unsatisfactory. 1962 Criminal Appeal Rep. 46 34 The court, though with great hesitation, has come to the conclusion that it would be unsafe to allow this conviction to stand. 1973 Times 16 Oct. 2/4 Lord Justice Megaw..held that Mr Gray's conviction was ‘unsafe and unsatisfactory’ after receiving fresh evidence. 1989 Times 21 Mar. 5/8 There was nothing unsafe about the verdicts. Draft additions March 2006 Designating unprotected sexual activity that carries a significant risk of unplanned pregnancy or the transmission of a sexually transmitted infection (esp. HIV); spec. designating penetrative sex without the use of a condom. Chiefly in unsafe sex. Cf. safe sex n. (b) at safe adj. Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1981 Associated Press Newswire (Nexis) 13 Mar. He warned members of the gay community against some unsafe sexual practices. 1984 N.Y. Times 10 Oct. a18/1 An April ordinance went into effect banning ‘unsafe’ sexual activity at sex parlors and bathhouses. 1994 Palm Beach (Florida) Post 19 Apr. 17 a The majority of students will see a friend pregnant and be scared into seeing the reality of unsafe sex. 1999 M. Silcott Rave Amer. vi. 174 The combination of unsafe sex and the drugs could lead to a super-AIDS strain that is resistant to the treatment. 2005 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 29 Sept. 5 The findings underlined the need for renewed national efforts to reinforce the public health message about unsafe sex. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1597 |
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