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词汇 unsafe
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Definition of unsafe in English:

unsafe

adjectiveʌnˈseɪfˌənˈseɪf
  • 1Not safe; dangerous.

    不安全的,危险的

    drinking water in some areas may be unsafe

    一些地区的饮用水可能并不安全。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • But they were quickly forced to withdraw as the heat built up and the fire chiefs declared the building unsafe.
    • As of now our roads are equally unsafe for vehicle drivers and pedestrians.
    • A second group used steroids because they felt unsafe or threatened and wanted to become stronger.
    • He learned that conditions were treacherous and it was unsafe to go to the cliff edge.
    • I have friends of all ages who avoid visiting the town at night because they feel threatened and unsafe.
    • The service, which treats about 800 patients, has been told its existing premises are unsafe.
    • They will end up on the road fatality lists, victims of poor and dangerous roads and unsafe driving.
    • Their belief is people themselves have the right to choose what is safe and unsafe.
    • Five houses have been declared unsafe and people living there have been shifted to safer places.
    • If the vehicle has been left in a dangerous position or it is considered to be unsafe then the police have powers to remove it straight away.
    • If the bonfire is deemed unsafe the police or fire service will report it to Bradford Council which will arrange for it to be removed.
    • People are viewed as free agents capable of choosing between safe and unsafe modes of behaviour.
    • Only the ground floor has remained in use after the first floor was deemed structurally unsafe in the 1950s.
    • I would think that you know better than anybody else how safe or unsafe the cars are.
    • Borders are set up to define the places that are safe and unsafe, to distinguish us from them.
    • However plans to switch it to Witton Park in Blackburn had to be dropped because the park is waterlogged and would be unsafe.
    • It meant safe abortions, rather than the unsafe ones women would attempt anyway.
    • But even when he and other GPs believe an elderly driver is unsafe, he has no powers to ban them from the road.
    • I'm not saying this product is safe or unsafe, but I don't think it's life-threatening.
    • For a time, the fire was so dangerous, it was unsafe for firefighters to even be up here.
    Synonyms
    dangerous, risky, perilous, hazardous, precarious, life-threatening, high-risk, treacherous, insecure, unsound, vulnerable, exposed, defenceless
    destructive, harmful, injurious, malignant, toxic
    threatening, menacing
    informal hairy, chancy
    British informal dodgy
  • 2Law
    (of a verdict or conviction) not based on reliable evidence and likely to constitute a miscarriage of justice.

    〔律〕(判决,裁定)法律上站不住脚的;可能撤消的

    because the confession was unreliable the verdict was unsafe and unsatisfactory
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I hope these are grounds in law to show that the verdict was unsafe.
    • But the question of whether the appellants' convictions were unsafe is a matter of English law.
    • The prosecution accept that if the trial was unfair the convictions were unsafe and should be quashed.
    • On this appeal four grounds are relied upon in support of the submission that the appellant's conviction is unsafe.
    • For those reasons, we consider that the conviction was unsafe in the case of both appellants.
    Synonyms
    unreliable, insecure, unsound, questionable, open to question, doubtful, open to doubt, dubious, uncertain, suspect, shaky, flimsy, weak, unconvincing, unsupported, unsubstantiated, fallible
    informal iffy, dodgy, dicey

Derivatives

  • unsafely

  • adverb
    • Discarded US computers built with toxic materials are being exported and unsafely disposed of in countries such as China and India, according to a report released on February 25 by watchdog groups.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • A retired paramedic today claimed that ‘unrealistic’ Government targets were forcing ambulance crews to drive unsafely so they get to 999 callouts within the expected time limit.
      • Medically supervised injecting centres can help resolve this paradox and improve public health by minimising the risk of drug users injecting unsafely in public places.
      • The article goes on to say that young people are using the structure of the bridge unsafely.
      • These modifications allowed these children to operate their vehicles unsafely so that they could participate in drag racing events on major highways during off-hours.
  • unsafeness

  • noun
    • The death is often just a means by which one often, not this case, proves unsafeness, and so nothing turns on the fact that the safety mesh, had it existed, or had he been wearing a harness, would have saved him, because it could not have.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Reports from the US Institute of Medicine and the UK Department of Health have drawn attention to the chronic "unsafeness" of health systems worldwide.
      • The test of unsafeness of a conviction applied by the Court of Appeal is not identical to the issue of unfairness before the ECtHR.
      • If the unsafeness of the Decision due to the delay is established, then that is an independent ground of appeal.
      • The unsafeness need not cause the injury sustained. There need not be any injury; there just need be an unsafe place.

Definition of unsafe in US English:

unsafe

adjectiveˌənˈsāfˌənˈseɪf
  • Not safe; dangerous.

    不安全的,危险的

    drinking water in some areas may be unsafe

    一些地区的饮用水可能并不安全。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • A second group used steroids because they felt unsafe or threatened and wanted to become stronger.
    • However plans to switch it to Witton Park in Blackburn had to be dropped because the park is waterlogged and would be unsafe.
    • I'm not saying this product is safe or unsafe, but I don't think it's life-threatening.
    • He learned that conditions were treacherous and it was unsafe to go to the cliff edge.
    • But they were quickly forced to withdraw as the heat built up and the fire chiefs declared the building unsafe.
    • Only the ground floor has remained in use after the first floor was deemed structurally unsafe in the 1950s.
    • I have friends of all ages who avoid visiting the town at night because they feel threatened and unsafe.
    • For a time, the fire was so dangerous, it was unsafe for firefighters to even be up here.
    • Their belief is people themselves have the right to choose what is safe and unsafe.
    • If the bonfire is deemed unsafe the police or fire service will report it to Bradford Council which will arrange for it to be removed.
    • If the vehicle has been left in a dangerous position or it is considered to be unsafe then the police have powers to remove it straight away.
    • The service, which treats about 800 patients, has been told its existing premises are unsafe.
    • Borders are set up to define the places that are safe and unsafe, to distinguish us from them.
    • But even when he and other GPs believe an elderly driver is unsafe, he has no powers to ban them from the road.
    • I would think that you know better than anybody else how safe or unsafe the cars are.
    • Five houses have been declared unsafe and people living there have been shifted to safer places.
    • As of now our roads are equally unsafe for vehicle drivers and pedestrians.
    • People are viewed as free agents capable of choosing between safe and unsafe modes of behaviour.
    • It meant safe abortions, rather than the unsafe ones women would attempt anyway.
    • They will end up on the road fatality lists, victims of poor and dangerous roads and unsafe driving.
    Synonyms
    dangerous, risky, perilous, hazardous, precarious, life-threatening, high-risk, treacherous, insecure, unsound, vulnerable, exposed, defenceless
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