in·se·cure
adjective/ˌɪnsɪˈkjʊə(r)/
/ˌɪnsɪˈkjʊr/
- not confident about yourself or your relationships with other people
缺乏信心的；无把握的 - He's very insecure about his appearance.
他对自己的长相很没信心。 - She felt nervous and insecure.
她感到局促不安。
Extra ExamplesTopics Feelingsc1- He felt a little insecure about being left alone.
只剩下他一个人，他觉得有些不安。 - a star who is notoriously insecure about her looks
出了名的对自己的相貌缺乏自信的女星 - He was a rather insecure young man with a slight stammer.
他是一个缺乏安全感的年轻人，有点口吃。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- appear
- be
- feel
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- about
- He's very insecure about his appearance.
- not safe or protected
不安全的；无保障的；不牢靠的 - Jobs nowadays are much more insecure than they were ten years ago.
当今的工作比十年前要不安稳得多了。 - As an artist he was always financially insecure.
作为一名艺术家，他在经济上总是没有保障。 - Many people use insecure passwords or they use the same password for everything.
许多人使用不安全的密码，或者他们对所有事情都使用相同的密码。 - Insecure doors and windows (= for example, without good locks) make life easy for burglars.
门窗不牢靠方便了窃贼。 - men who are worried about losing their jobs and becoming financially insecure
担心失业从而失去经济保障的人
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- appear
- be
- feel
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- about
- Jobs nowadays are much more insecure than they were ten years ago.
- likely to move, fall down, etc.
摇摇欲坠的；不稳固的 - an insecure ladder/footbridge
不牢固的梯子／人行桥
- an insecure ladder/footbridge
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from medieval Latin insecurus ‘unsafe’, from in- ‘not’ + Latin securus ‘free from care’, or from in- ‘not’ + secure.