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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。
不安全感；不安；无保障
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不安全感；不安；无保障
A lack of security; uncertainty.
His insecurity about his job made him anxious.
他对工作的不安全感使他焦虑。
缺乏安全感；不确定。
A lack of security; uncertainty.
Her constant need for reassurance revealed her deep insecurity.
她不断寻求安慰的行为暴露了她内心深深的不安全感。
He tried to hide his insecurities behind a confident facade.
他试图用自信的外表来掩饰自己的不安全感。
Financial insecurity often leads to stress and anxiety.
经济上的不安全感常常导致压力和焦虑。
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。
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。
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。
Not this
She is insecurity about her job.
Use this
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’。
Not this
He has insecurity of his future.
Use this
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。
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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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
工作不稳定
Job insecurity is a major source of stress for freelancers.
工作不稳定是自由职业者压力的主要来源。
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联想：in（不）+ security（安全）→ 不安全的状态。
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）。
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。
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