insecure
adjective
uk/ˌɪn.sɪˈkjʊər/us/ˌɪn.səˈkjʊr/insecureadjective(NOT CONFIDENT)
C1
Insecurepeoplehave littleconfidenceand areuncertainabouttheirownabilitiesor if otherpeoplereally like them:
无把握的;不自信的Iwonderwhat it was about herupbringingthat made her so insecure.我想知道究竟是什么样的成长经历造成她如此不自信。
He stillfeelsinsecureabouthisabilityto do thejob.他对自己是否有能力胜任这项工作仍没有把握。
Doubt & ambivalence
- ambivalence
- ambivalent
- ambivalently
- askance
- be in two mindsidiom
- have a foot in both campsidiom
- haw
- hem
- hem and hawidiom
- hum and hawidiom
- nonplussed
- quandary
- rudderless
- shades of greyidiom
- shilly-shally
- wary
- waver
- wavering
- wishy-washy
- wobble
insecureadjective(NOT SAFE)
C2
(ofobjectsorsituations) notsafeor notprotected:
(物体)不牢固的,不安全的;(局势)无保障的,不稳定的Thesituationis still insecure, with many of therebelsroamingthestreets.许多叛乱分子在大街上出没,局势仍然不稳定。
Nationswhich are notself-sufficientinenergywillfacean insecurefuture.能源不能自给的国家,其未来是没有保障的。
We've gone through a fewfinanciallyinsecureyears.我们经历了好几年的金融动荡。
Unsafe and insecure
- appealingly
- at stakeidiom
- be on the lineidiom
- day
- in the firing lineidiom
- indefensible
- insecurely
- insecurity
- jeopardy
- shaky
- sketchy
- someone's/something'sdays are numberedidiom
- stake
- struggle
- threat
- threatened
- tippy
- unbalanced
- unstable
- unsupervised