insecure

Word family

in·se·cure /ˌɪnsɪˈkjʊə◂ $ -ˈkjʊr◂/ AWL adjectiveadj

1 CONFIDENTnot feeling at all confident about yourself, your abilities, or your relationships with people 无自信的，没有把握的

insecure about

She’s very insecure about her appearance.

她对自己的外表很不自信。

She felt lonely and insecure away from her family.

远离家人使她觉得孤独，没有安全感。

► see thesaurus at confident

2 NOT SUREa job, investment etc that is insecure does not give you a feeling of safety, because it might be taken away or lost at any time 〔工作、投资等〕无保障的，不安全的

Many of them work in low-paid insecure jobs.

他们当中的许多人都做着薪水低、不稳定的工作。

3. SAFEa building or structure that is insecure is not safe, because it could fall down 〔建筑或结构〕不牢固的

—insecurity noun [countableC, uncountableU]

Student teachers often suffer from a great sense of insecurity.

实习教师往往自信心严重不足。

her deepest fears and insecurities

她深深的恐惧和不安全感

—insecurely adverbadv

Examples from the Corpus

insecure• Ben's parents' divorce left him lonely and insecure.• Meeting new people always makes me feel insecure.• Even though she's a model, she's very insecure about how she looks.• The U.S. needs to reduce its dependence on insecure foreign oil supplies.

felt ... insecure• My father and the doctor felt worried and insecure.• These are very well-educated professional women in Fog Bank who felt insecure about investing.• I wanted to hold on to him somehow, because I felt incomplete and insecure about us, about myself.• Hazel; looking at them, felt almost as insecure as he had on the river bank.• Ruth felt small and insecure, as if she were a child again.• When the managers felt insecure or defensive, they regressed to the familiar and comfortable role of producer.• She felt insecure, unsure of the future and desperately worried about Steve and Maria Luisa.

in·se·cure adjectiveadj

Chinese

Syllable

Corpus