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apprehend

verb
🔊/ˌæprɪˈhend/
🔊/ˌæprɪˈhend/
 (formal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they apprehend
🔊/ˌæprɪˈhend/
🔊/ˌæprɪˈhend/
he / she / it apprehends
🔊/ˌæprɪˈhendz/
🔊/ˌæprɪˈhendz/
past simple apprehended
🔊/ˌæprɪˈhendɪd/
🔊/ˌæprɪˈhendɪd/
past participle apprehended
🔊/ˌæprɪˈhendɪd/
🔊/ˌæprɪˈhendɪd/
-ing form apprehending
🔊/ˌæprɪˈhendɪŋ/
🔊/ˌæprɪˈhendɪŋ/
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  1. apprehend somebody (of the police警方) to catch somebody and arrest them逮捕；拘押
    • The police apprehended an armed suspect near the scene of the crime.警方在案发现场附近逮捕了一名持械疑犯。
    • The thief was apprehended in the act of stealing a car.窃贼在偷汽车时当场被（警察）抓住。
    Topics Crime and punishmentc2
  2. apprehend something (old-fashioned) to understand or recognize something理解；认识到；领会
    • He was slow to apprehend danger.他迟迟没有意识到危险。
    3. Word Originlate Middle English (originally in the sense ‘grasp, get hold of (physically or mentally)’): from French appréhender or Latin apprehendere, from ad- ‘towards’ + prehendere ‘lay hold of’.