(of a person) not confident or assured; uncertain and anxious (人)没有信心的,不自信的;心神不定的 a top model who is notoriously insecure about her looks. 众所共知对自己的长相没有信心的顶级模特。 a rather gauche, insecure young man. 相当笨拙而不自信的年轻人。
(of a thing) not firm or fixed; unsafe (东西)不牢固的;不固定的;不安全的 ■(of a job or position) from which removal or expulsion is always possible (工作,职位)不稳定的 ■not firmly fixed; liable to give way or break 不牢固的;易坍塌的 an insecure footbridge. 一座不牢固的人行桥。 ■able to be broken into or illicitly accessed 可被闯入的;可窃入的 an insecure computer system. 有漏洞的计算机系统。
派生 insecurely adverb insecurity noun 语源
mid 17th cent.: from medieval Latin insecurus 'unsafe', from in- 'not' + Latin securus 'free from care', or from in- 'not' + secure