apprehensive

英 [?pr?'hens?v] 美[,?pr?'h?ns?v]
  • adj. 憂慮的;不安的;敏悟的;知曉的

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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(yǔ)例句


1. People are still terribly apprehensive about the future.
人們對(duì)于將來(lái)仍然非常擔(dān)心。

來(lái)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(shuō)的話的后果。

來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》

3. He was rather apprehensive of failure.
他相當(dāng)害怕失敗.

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

4. She was deeply apprehensive about her future.
她對(duì)未來(lái)感到非常擔(dān)心.

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

5. The long delay had made me quite apprehensive.
長(zhǎng)時(shí)間的耽擱使我相當(dāng)焦慮.

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》