Apprehension
[æprɪ'henʃ(ə)n] or [,æprɪ'hɛnʃən]
解释:
(noun.) the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal); 'the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar'.
(noun.) painful expectation.
(noun.) fearful expectation or anticipation; 'the student looked around the examination room with apprehension'.
编辑:米考伯--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) The act of seizing or taking hold of; seizure; as, the hand is an organ of apprehension.
(n.) The act of seizing or taking by legal process; arrest; as, the felon, after his apprehension, escaped.
(n.) The act of grasping with the intellect; the contemplation of things, without affirming, denying, or passing any judgment; intellection; perception.
(n.) Opinion; conception; sentiment; idea.
(n.) The faculty by which ideas are conceived; understanding; as, a man of dull apprehension.
(n.) Anticipation, mostly of things unfavorable; distrust or fear at the prospect of future evil.
整理:康拉德
同义词及近义词：
n. [1]. Seizure, arrest.[2]. Understanding, intellect, intelligence, intellection, mind, reason.[3]. Conception, IMAGINATION, the mind's eye.[4]. Knowledge, discernment, perception, sense.[5]. Opinion, belief, fancy, supposition, judgment, sentiment, idea, notion.[6]. Fear, dread, distrust, suspicion, anxiety, solicitude, care, concern, misgiving, alarm, worry, disquiet, uneasiness, vexation.
埃迪校对
同义词及反义词：
[See APPREHEND]
录入:朱迪思
例句:
- I never saw such faltering, such confusion, such amazement and apprehension. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- The apprehension was for the possibility of evil he imagined. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
- It meant the apprehension of material which should ballast and check the exercise of reasoning. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- Apprehension means dread of undesirable consequences, as well as intellectual grasp. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- Astonishment, apprehension, and even horror, oppressed her. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
- For the future there is no apprehension. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- Her voluptuous, acute apprehension of him made the blood faint in her veins, her mind went dim and unconscious. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- My father is not sufficiently alarmed, I fear; and, therefore, if there is any serious apprehension, it must be broken to him gently. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
- He _spoke_ of apprehension and anxiety, but his countenance expressed real security. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
- But as her glance assured her that they were still beyond ear-shot a sense of pleasure replaced her apprehension. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- Not even the prospect of reward, far less any feelings of compassion alone, could surmount this apprehension. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- There was cause for hesitation, for apprehension on this point. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- She glanced with apprehension at the door of the room that had been Gerald's. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- Had they no apprehension of anything before the elopement took place? 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
- But from my former knowledge of my present captain, I confess I look forward with apprehension to a long course of tyranny on board the Russell. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
- Finding my apprehensions unfounded, however, and calmed by the deep silence that reigned as evening declined at nightfall, I took confidence. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- And Mr. Smallweed says it not without evident apprehensions of his dear friend, who still stands over him looming larger than ever. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- Have no apprehensions for me, Trotwood,' she added, after a moment; 'the step you dread my taking, I shall never take. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- This phaenomenon is analogous to the system of pride and humility above-explained, which may seem so extraordinary to vulgar apprehensions. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
- Mrs. Vesey's answer to my inquiries only confirmed the apprehensions which I had previously felt. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- These apprehensions, perhaps, were not founded entirely on reason, and certainly not at all on truth. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
- The stationer's heart begins to thump heavily, for his old apprehensions have never abated. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- I could have gloried in bringing home to him his worst apprehensions astoundingly realized. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- Is it the indirect result of my apprehensions for Laura's future? 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Nothing appeared, to justify my apprehensions. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
- It is thus our uncertainty concerning any minute circumstance relating to a person encreases our apprehensions of his death or misfortune. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
- I complied, in a very uncomfortable state, and with a warm shooting all over me, as if my apprehensions were breaking out into buds. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- The future seemed full of a vague promise, and all her apprehensions were swept out of sight on the buoyant current of her mood. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- I can seem to make light of his apprehensions, and look down _du haut de ma grandeur_ on his youthful ardour. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- The woman was under apprehensions of the dry old man, for she whisked her apron away as he approached, and disclosed a pale affrighted face. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
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