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Definition of unsure in English: unsureadjective ʌnˈʃʊəˌənˈʃʊr 1Not feeling, showing, or done with confidence and certainty. 缺乏信心的;无把握的;不肯定的 she was feeling nervous, unsure of herself 她感到紧张,对自己没有信心。 with clause she was unsure how to reply 她不知道该如何回答。 Example sentencesExamples - Feeling anxious and unsure of herself, Maxie headed for the door, nearly tripping over a chair in the process.
- Most people may be unsure about where to draw the line between privacy and security, but at least the issue is being brought to their attention.
- The inferences made by the psychologists in your report suggest she is insecure or unsure of herself which is why she overreacts so much.
- At one time or another, every starter has seemed hesitant and unsure of either the snap count or his assignment.
- Your confidence is gone, because you are unsure of who you are now and how to be with others.
- It's overly simplistic to label a player insecure or unsure of his masculinity.
- With no one to listen to them, they get trapped in their problems and grow up diffident and unsure of their abilities.
- Now the city seems hesitant and confused and unsure of itself.
- The manager hesitated, unsure of whether or not he should tell her of the commando unit that had taken his staff room.
- Her mother hesitated, unsure of what to do, but when Allyson held on, she slowly wrapped her arms around her as well.
- Some firms are unsure of which systems to install and are fearful of getting it wrong.
- It is a common error for such instructions to be omitted and for respondents either to be unsure about how to reply or to make inappropriate selections.
- I stand quietly under that glare, unsure of how to reply to such a statement.
- AT THE end, he walked to the side of the pitch and hesitated, unsure of what to do in the moment.
- Marines engaging in their first combative exercise were often timid and unsure of themselves.
- He had lost his confidence on the course and a horse who is unsure of himself is certainly not ready for an Olympic Games.
- People with bulimia are often unsure of themselves, lack confidence in their abilities or suffer from depression.
- If you are unsure of your preferences, there are certain characteristics of each style that may help you to decide.
- If you're unsure about a certain switch then you will find a most innovative quick reference fold out card in the glovebox.
- They're usually reticent, unsure of themselves, hesitant to get involved in a discussion.
Synonyms unconfident, not confident, lacking confidence, lacking self-confidence, not self-assured, lacking assurance, unassertive insecure, hesitant, diffident, timid, timorous, anxious, apprehensive, fearful undecided, irresolute, dithering, equivocating, in two minds, in a dilemma, in a quandary, ambivalent, vague dubious, doubtful, sceptical, distrustful, suspicious, mistrustful, uncertain, unconvinced informal iffy - 1.1 (of a fact) not fixed or certain.
(事实) 不固定的,不确定的 日期未定。 Example sentencesExamples - It is just that the opening date was unsure.
Synonyms not fixed, not settled, undecided, indeterminate, uncertain, unknown
Derivativesadverb ‘Call me Maddie,’ she said a little unsurely now. Example sentencesExamples - Somehow, unsurely and unsteadily, Scotland picked themselves off the turf, and in the middle phase of the game played with enough fire to keep the scoreline within acceptable bounds.
- He settled onto it unsurely, bounced a few times, and deemed it sufficient - it was not his old bed, some part of him muttered venomously, but it would currently be better than sleeping in the stables with the horses.
- ‘Mom… I have something that I need to tell you,’ I said slowly and unsurely.
- I unsurely held out my hand while I scratched the back of my head.
noun There was an unsureness to Michael's intervention, more than just to do with picking the right side. Example sentencesExamples - The impossibility of assigning a ‘final, authoritative meaning’ to Donne's intertwining of love and conquest symptomatically reveals a fundamental unsureness regarding the object of desire.
- He says, ‘When I started writing seriously, in 1970, I may have dropped all or most of my mother's ways with words, but I still had her attitudes, her wariness, her unsureness of touch’.
- There was a bit of nervousness, a bit of unsureness, and that's not the way I want him to play for us.
- True, she did shoot a man, but even that seemingly militant act was marbled with vulnerability and unsureness.
Definition of unsure in US English: unsureadjectiveˌənˈSHo͝orˌənˈʃʊr 1Not feeling, showing, or done with confidence and certainty. 缺乏信心的;无把握的;不肯定的 she was feeling nervous, unsure of herself 她感到紧张,对自己没有信心。 with clause she was unsure how to reply 她不知道该如何回答。 Example sentencesExamples - At one time or another, every starter has seemed hesitant and unsure of either the snap count or his assignment.
- Marines engaging in their first combative exercise were often timid and unsure of themselves.
- The manager hesitated, unsure of whether or not he should tell her of the commando unit that had taken his staff room.
- Some firms are unsure of which systems to install and are fearful of getting it wrong.
- Her mother hesitated, unsure of what to do, but when Allyson held on, she slowly wrapped her arms around her as well.
- Your confidence is gone, because you are unsure of who you are now and how to be with others.
- Most people may be unsure about where to draw the line between privacy and security, but at least the issue is being brought to their attention.
- People with bulimia are often unsure of themselves, lack confidence in their abilities or suffer from depression.
- Feeling anxious and unsure of herself, Maxie headed for the door, nearly tripping over a chair in the process.
- If you are unsure of your preferences, there are certain characteristics of each style that may help you to decide.
- I stand quietly under that glare, unsure of how to reply to such a statement.
- They're usually reticent, unsure of themselves, hesitant to get involved in a discussion.
- With no one to listen to them, they get trapped in their problems and grow up diffident and unsure of their abilities.
- It's overly simplistic to label a player insecure or unsure of his masculinity.
- The inferences made by the psychologists in your report suggest she is insecure or unsure of herself which is why she overreacts so much.
- He had lost his confidence on the course and a horse who is unsure of himself is certainly not ready for an Olympic Games.
- Now the city seems hesitant and confused and unsure of itself.
- AT THE end, he walked to the side of the pitch and hesitated, unsure of what to do in the moment.
- If you're unsure about a certain switch then you will find a most innovative quick reference fold out card in the glovebox.
- It is a common error for such instructions to be omitted and for respondents either to be unsure about how to reply or to make inappropriate selections.
Synonyms unconfident, not confident, lacking confidence, lacking self-confidence, not self-assured, lacking assurance, unassertive undecided, irresolute, dithering, equivocating, in two minds, in a dilemma, in a quandary, ambivalent, vague dubious, doubtful, sceptical, distrustful, suspicious, mistrustful, uncertain, unconvinced - 1.1 (of a fact) not fixed or certain.
(事实) 不固定的,不确定的 日期未定。 Example sentencesExamples - It is just that the opening date was unsure.
Synonyms not fixed, not settled, undecided, indeterminate, uncertain, unknown
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