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apprehension

noun
🔊/ˌæprɪˈhenʃn/
🔊/ˌæprɪˈhenʃn/
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  1. [uncountable, countable] worry or fear that something unpleasant may happen忧虑；担心；疑惧；恐惧 synonym anxiety
    • There is growing apprehension that fighting will begin again.人们愈来愈担心会重开战火。🔊🔊
    • He watched the election results with some apprehension.他不无忧虑地观察选举结果。🔊🔊
    • There is apprehension about the safety of the missing children.人们担心失踪儿童的安全。
    • They shivered with apprehension.他们不安地发抖。
    • She spoke about her childhood fears and apprehensions.她谈到了她儿时的恐惧和忧虑。
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    • Marisa seemed to sense my growing apprehension.玛丽萨似乎感觉到我越来越恐惧。
    • She felt some apprehension at the thought of seeing him again.想到又要见他，她就感到有些发怵。
    • The change in the law has caused apprehension among many people.法律的改动令许多人担忧。
    • There is great apprehension for the future.对未来还有很多担心。
    • There were still areas of doubt and her apprehension grew.有些地方仍然存疑，于是她越来越担心。
    • They were filled with apprehension as they approached the building.他们走近那栋建筑时，内心充满了恐惧。
    • her apprehension about being in hospital她对住院的担心
    Topics Feelingsc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • considerable
    • great
    • growing
    • …
    verb + apprehension
    • be filled with
    • be full of
    • feel
    • …
    preposition
    • with apprehension
    • apprehension about
    • apprehension over
    • …
    phrases
    • a feeling of apprehension
    • a sense of apprehension
    • a look of apprehension
    • …
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  2. [uncountable] (formal) the act of capturing or arresting somebody, usually by the police逮捕；拘押
    • the apprehension of the terrorists in the early hours of this morning在今天凌晨的恐怖分子的恐惧
    Topics Crime and punishmentc2
    3. Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘learning, acquisition of knowledge’): from late Latin apprehensio(n-), from apprehendere ‘seize, grasp’, from ad- ‘towards’ + prehendere ‘lay hold of’.