| 单词 | insecure |
| 释义 | insecure (once / 1718 pages) 1adj 2adj 3adj Insecure means either lacking self-confidence or lacking security. An insecure person might constantly doubt their own intelligence. An insecure building is an easy target for even the most bumbling burglar. Break insecure down to its basic parts and you've got in, meaning "not," combined with secure, meaning "safe": not safe. This understanding of the word emerged in the 1640’s. It wasn't until 1917 that people began to use insecure to describe delicate, unsure egos. Today it's used to describe everything from easily cracked safes to uncertain futures. WORD FAMILYinsecure: insecurely, insecureness, insecurity+/insecurity: insecurities/secure: insecure, secured, securely, secureness, securer, secures, securest, securing, security/secured: unsecured/securer: securers/security: securities USAGE EXAMPLESTypically, the focus is on security for the Israeli occupier, not for the occupied Palestinians who are in fact utterly insecure. The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) I would 100% recommend to anyone who is insecure about flying. BBC(Dec 31, 2016) He cites rising homelessness, the crisis in social care funding and the increasing prevalence of low pay and insecure jobs. The Guardian(Dec 29, 2016) 1 1adj lacking in security or safety his fortune was increasingly insecure an insecure future Syn|Ant unsafe unprotected lacking protection or defense dangerous, unsafeinvolving 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 not safe from attack 2Syn unsafe vulnerable susceptible to attack adj not firm or firmly fixed; likely to fail or give way 3the hinge is insecure Syn|Ant unfixed not firmly placed or set or fastened secure not likely to fail or give way fixedsecurely placed or fastened or set steadysecurely in position; not shaky tightsecurely or solidly fixed in place; rigid adj lacking self-confidence or assurance an insecure person lacking mental stability Syn|Ant overanxious anxious or nervous to an excessive degree unassuredlacking boldness or confidence secure, unafraid, untroubled free from fear or doubt; easy in mind |
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