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词汇 apprehension
释义 apprehension
noun[ C or U ]
uk /ˌæp.rɪˈhen.ʃən/ us /ˌæp.rəˈhen.ʃən/

apprehensionnoun[C or U] (WORRY)


worry about the future, or a fear that something unpleasant is going to happen: (对未来或即将发生的不快之事的)忧虑,担心;恐惧
It's normal to feel a little apprehension before starting a new job.在开始新工作前感到有些忐忑不安是很正常的。
One or two people have expressed apprehension about the changes.
Despite her apprehensions, she accepted the offer.
As it turned out, my apprehension was groundless.
There is apprehension that there may be an adverse effect on the number of patients treated.
There was great apprehension among experts over the space mission.
Despite progress in assuaging public apprehensions, some uncertainty still hangs over the future of wind power.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Anxiety and worry - general words
agita
agitation
angst
anti-stress
break out in a cold sweat
heebie-jeebies
jitters
nerve
nervousness
oppression
overwork
panic attack
strain
tension
the collywobbles
tizzy
to someone's consternation
trepidation
uneasiness
willie

apprehensionnoun[C or U] (CATCHING)


formal
an act of catching and arresting someone who has not obeyed the law: 逮捕;拘捕
Both the army and the police were involved in the apprehension of the terrorists.军队和警察都参与了抓捕恐怖分子的行动。
The border patrol made over 1 million apprehensions last year.
Several organisations cooperated in his apprehension.
As to the apprehension of offenders there are two important but sometimes contrasting public interest points.
When an individual crosses illegally four times and is apprehended four times, the border patrol records this as four apprehensions.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Arresting & charging
apprehend
arrest
assist
attach
bust
busted
charge sheet
collar
do for someone/something
drugs bust
fed
handcuff
handcuffs
nail
perp walk
pick
pick someone/something up
police action
post-arrest
warrant

You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:


Capturing or taking possession of things

apprehensionnoun[C or U] (UNDERSTANDING)


formal
the act of understanding something, or the way that something is understood: 领会;理解;懂得
A full apprehension of all that is involved is utterly beyond us.
The poems are not “about” anything except the intuitive apprehension of how we actually “feel” language.
Popular apprehensions of anthropology and anthropologists are interwoven with ideas about the Other.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Understanding and comprehending
appreciation for something
apprehend
apprehensible
astutely
at your fingertipsidiom
bear
dot
handle
keep someone up
know a hawk from a handsawidiom
know the scoreidiom
know/see where someone is coming fromidiom
latch
speak
to get a handle on somethingidiom
to have a handle on somethingidiom
tumble to something
tune in
uncomprehending
understanding

apprehension | American Dictionary


apprehension
noun[ U ]
us/ˌæp·rɪˈhen·ʃən/

apprehensionnoun[U] (WORRY)


anxiety about the future; fear of something unpleasant happening:
I felt great apprehension over my first day at work.

apprehensionnoun[U] (TAKING HOLD)


the act of catching and putting a person under police control:
There’s an $8000 reward for the apprehension of the perpetrators.

Examples of apprehension


apprehension
Aspirations and apprehensions towards the musical, academic and social aspects of college life were collected in addition to career aims, and the data analysed qualitatively to produce emergent themes.
If rational fears, anxieties and apprehensions are to be removed, then more must be done.
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Apprehensions have been expressed lest education should be of too vocational a character.
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However, what grates with those who may even share her gut apprehensions is the crudely counter-productive effect of her ill-chosen words and her careless talk.
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I share all the apprehensions respecting the coming winter.
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The reasons for this opposition, and the apprehensions that existed and were so widely expressed, are not far to seek.
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He then proceeded to adduce a number of facts which went far beyond my apprehensions.
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I recognise that there are some genuine apprehensions about this, but on balance it will bring benefit.
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Paradoxically it is they, who have expressed grave apprehensions about the whole business, who have shouldered the responsibility of pointing out these grave dangers.
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I hope he will agree that his apprehensions on that score are not well-founded.
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I cannot understand why there are these fears and apprehensions.
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We all understand and sympathise with the apprehensions and sorrows about the state of the world with which he concluded.
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We could then perhaps turn our backs on its problems without such apprehensions.
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To a large extent—in fact, almost overwhelmingly—the 24-hour rule relieves many of our apprehensions about civil liberties.
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I can well understand the apprehensions of those who live in the area.
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