Word · Frequency #9474
insecurity
不安全感；不安；无保障
A lack of security; uncertainty.
- 1.
A lack of security; uncertainty.
缺乏安全感；不确定。
缺乏安全感；不确定。；不安全；不安全感；[医] 不安全感；无保障
In use
Her constant need for reassurance revealed her deep insecurity.
He tried to hide his insecurities behind a confident facade.
Financial insecurity often leads to stress and anxiety.
insecurity about [sth]
表示对某事物的不安全感，后面接名词或动名词。
His insecurity about his job made him anxious.
他对工作的不安全感使他焦虑。
a feeling/sense of insecurity
常用短语，表示不安全感。
She had a constant feeling of insecurity.
她总有一种不安全感。
insecurities (plural) about [sth]
复数形式常指多种不安全感。
He tried to overcome his insecurities about his height.
他试图克服对自己身高的不安全感。
Common mistakes
She is insecurity about her job.She is insecure about her job.
汉语中常将‘insecurity’误用作形容词，但英语中‘insecurity’是名词，描述人的状态时应用形容词‘insecure’后接‘about’表示‘对……感到不安’。
He has insecurity of his future.He has insecurity about his future.
英语中‘insecurity’后接介词‘about’表示‘对……的不安全感’，而‘of’常用于所有格或来源，这里搭配错误。
Connections
Collocations
- feelings of insecurity
- 不安全感
- Many teenagers experience feelings of insecurity about their appearance.许多青少年对自己的外貌感到不安。
- sense of insecurity
- 不安全的感觉
- The constant news about crime creates a general sense of insecurity in the city.关于犯罪的新闻不断，在城市里造成了一种普遍的不安全感。
- deep insecurity
- 深深的不安全感
- Her deep insecurity prevented her from forming close relationships.她深深的不安全感使她无法建立亲密关系。
- personal insecurity
- 个人不安全感
- He masks his personal insecurity with arrogance.他用傲慢来掩饰个人的不安全感。
- economic insecurity
- 经济上的不安全感
- The pandemic led to widespread economic insecurity among workers.大流行导致了工人们普遍的经济不安全感。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：in（不）+ security（安全）→ 不安全的状态。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：emotional state、social situations、workplace ‘insecurity’一词在英语中既可用于正式语境（如心理学、学术讨论），也常见于日常对话中描述情感状态，因此注册标识选择混合型（mixed）。
Grammar Note
作可数名词时常用复数形式 insecurities，指具体的不安全感；作不可数名词时指抽象的不安全状态。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Only 'security' rhymes perfectly (same stressed vowel and ending). Other -ity words share the spelling ending but have different stressed vowels, so they do not rhyme.
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Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY, WORDNET.