单词 | unsafe |
释义 | unsafe (once / 2189 pages) adj WORD FAMILY unsafe: unsafely, unsafest+/safe: safely, safeness, safer, safes, safest, unsafe USAGE EXAMPLESGirls and young women, many of whom have unsafe sex with richer, older men, are 14 times likelier to contract HIV than young men are. Economist(Dec 01, 2016) Across the world, millions of women undergo unsafe abortions each year, and tens of thousands die from complications from unsafe procedures. The New Yorker(Dec 01, 2016) Aviation experts also say it was unsafe to fly a plane without at least 30 minutes of fuel reserves, among other precautions. New York Times(Nov 30, 2016) 1adj lacking in security or safety Syn|Ant insecure unprotected lacking protection or defense dangerousinvolving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm precarious, shakynot secure; beset with difficulties unguaranteed, unsecuredwithout financial security vulnerablesusceptible to attack secure free from danger or risk protectedkept safe or defended from danger or injury or loss safefree from danger or the risk of harm assuredcharacterized by certainty or security firmsecurely established fail-safeguaranteed not to fail surephysically secure or dependable invulnerableimmune to attack; impregnable 2adj involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm Syn|Ant dangerous breakneck moving at very high speed chanceful, chancy, dicey, dodgyof uncertain outcome; especially fraught with risk desperate(of persons) dangerously reckless or violent as from urgency or despair hazardous, risky, wildinvolving risk or danger insidiousintended to entrap mordaciousbiting or given to biting on the hookcaught in a difficult or dangerous situation parlous, perilous, precarious, touch-and-gofraught with danger self-destructive, suicidaldangerous to yourself or your interests treacherous, unreliabledangerously unstable and unpredictable insecurelacking in security or safety vulnerablesusceptible to attack safe free from danger or the risk of harm harmlessnot causing or capable of causing harm uninjurednot injured physically or mentally fail-safeeliminating danger by compensating automatically for a failure or malfunction off the hookfreed from danger or blame or obligation risk-free, riskless, unhazardousthought to be devoid of risk safe and sound, unhurtfree from danger or injury securefree from danger or risk invulnerableimmune to attack; impregnable 3adj not safe from attack Syn insecure vulnerable susceptible to attack |
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