apprehension
apprehension 英 [ˌæprɪˈhenʃn] 美 [ˌæprɪˈhɛnʃən]
n. 忧虑；担心；
名词复数:apprehensions
- Apprehension is fear or anxiety about something – you might feel apprehension about an upcoming test. Apprehension is also the capture of a criminal, when they get apprehended, or caught. It can mean “understand an idea” too. Get it?
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- n. 忧虑；担心；
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1. There were still areas of doubt and her apprehension grew.
有些地方仍然存疑，于是她越来越担心。
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2. There is growing apprehension that fighting will begin again.
人们愈来愈担心会重开战火。
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3. He watched the election results with some apprehension.
他不无忧虑地观察选举结果。
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4. She is a girl of weak apprehension.
她是一个理解力很低的女孩。
- apprehension (n.) late 14c., "perception, comprehension," from Old French apreension "comprehension, something learned" or directly from Latin apprehensionem (nominative apprehensio), noun of action from past participle stem of apprehendere "take hold of, grasp" physically or mentally (see apprehend). Sense of "seizure on behalf of authority" is 1570s; that of "anticipation" (usually with dread), "fear of the future" is from c. 1600.
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