| 英语单词 | apprehensive |
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| 英美音标 | 英 [ˌæprɪ'hensɪv] 美 [ˌæprɪ'hensɪv] |
| 中文释义 | adj.忧虑的;善于领会的;知晓的 |
| 英语例句 | (1) He is always apprehensive for his son's safety. (2) I am apprehensive about the results of the exams. (3) She is an apprehensive girl. (4) Judgement is implied in every apprehensive act. (5) He is apprehensive of his own fully. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 他经常担心儿子的安全。 (2) 我为考试成绩担忧。 (3) 她是个善解人意的女孩。 (4) 每一种理解的行为都说明是运用了判断。 (5) 他认识到自己的愚蠢行为。 |
| vocabulary简明 | If you're apprehensive, you're anxious or fearful. If you just got run over by a crazy bicyclist, you might be a bit apprehensive crossing the street. |
| vocabulary扩展 | Apprehensive is from a Latin word meaning "to seize," and it originally meant "quick to seize impressions or ideas, perceptive, intelligent." Now it means "anticipating something bad, fearful of what may happen." Synonyms are afraid, which suggest a more immediate fear, and fearful, which suggests a more general temperament ("a fearful child"). You can be apprehensive about a situation while being an optimistic and courageous person in general. |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]担心的;忧虑的;恐惧的 Someone who is apprehensive is afraid that something bad may happen. [usu v-link ADJ]
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