apprehensive
英 [?pr?'hens?v]
美[,?pr?'h?ns?v]
- adj. 憂慮的；不安的；敏悟的；知曉的
GRE低頻詞暢通詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
副詞:?apprehensively;
英文詞源
- apprehensive (adj.)
- late 14c., "capable of perceiving, fitted for mental impression," from Medieval Latin apprehensivus, from Latin apprehensus, past participle of apprehendere (see apprehend). Meaning "fearful of what is to come" is recorded from 1718, via notion of "capable of grasping with the mind" (c. 1600). Related: Apprehensively; apprehensiveness.
雙語例句
- 1. People are still terribly apprehensive about the future.
- 人們對(duì)于將來仍然非常擔(dān)心。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. I was a little apprehensive about the effects of what I had said.
- 我有點(diǎn)擔(dān)憂我說的話的后果。
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 3. He was rather apprehensive of failure.
- 他相當(dāng)害怕失敗.
來自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 4. She was deeply apprehensive about her future.
- 她對(duì)未來感到非常擔(dān)心.
來自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 5. The long delay had made me quite apprehensive.
- 長時(shí)間的耽擱使我相當(dāng)焦慮.
來自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》