apprehension

名词 apprehension:

1. fearful expectation or anticipation
   同义词：apprehensiveness, dread
2. the cognitive condition of someone who understands
   同义词：understanding, discernment, savvy
3. painful expectation
   同义词：misgiving
4. the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
   同义词：arrest, catch, collar, pinch, taking into custody

1. Apprehension by the senses.
   领会掌握通过感官领悟
2. The apprehension she had felt had been shapeless.
   她感到一种难以名状的恐惧。
3. We waited for their decision with a great deal of apprehension.
   我们怀着极其焦虑的心情等待他们作出决定。
4. He felt some apprehension over the result.
   他对结果有点担心。

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n.（名词）
Fearful or uneasy anticipation of the future; dread.
担心，忧虑：对未来充满恐惧或焦虑；忧惧
The act of seizing or capturing; arrest.
逮捕：抓获或俘获的行为；逮捕
The ability to apprehend or understand; understanding.
了解：把握或理解的能力；理解

来源：
Middle English apprehencioun [perception]
中古英语 apprehencioun [察知]
from Old French apprehension
源自 古法语 apprehension
from Late Latin apprehônsiô apprehônsiôn-
源自 后期拉丁语 apprehônsiô apprehônsiôn-
from Latin apprehônsus [past participle of] apprehendere [to seize] * see apprehend
源自 拉丁语 apprehônsus [] apprehendere的过去分词 [抓住] *参见 apprehend

<参考词汇><同义词>apprehension,foreboding,presentiment,misgivingThese nouns denote consternation that something untoward may be impending.
这些名词意指对某些迫近的不吉之事的焦虑。
Apprehension is fearful anticipation that something adverse is going to happen:
Apprehension 是对一些将要发生的不利事物充满恐惧的预期：
例句：
The student looked around the examination room with apprehension.
那名学生恐惧地观看检查室的四周。

Foreboding is a sense of coming misfortune that is less clearly based on a definite reason:
Foreboding 是指更为不清晰地基于某个确定原因，而对将来到的不幸的感觉：
例句：
.The second half of the book builds a steadily escalating sense of foreboding. (Sven Birkerts).
.这本书的后半部分建立了一种逐渐增强的不幸的预感" （斯文·伯基特）。

Presentiment denotes a somewhat nonspecific feeling that something, but not necessarily something unpleasant, is imminent:
Presetiment 意指一种不很确定的感觉，某些但未必是不好的事物将要发生：
例句：
The lawyer had a presentiment that the judge would dismiss the case against her client.
律师有一种预感，即法官将驳回他的当事人的案件。

Misgiving suggests mistrust or uncertainty, as from loss of confidence in a decision made or from fearful doubts about a course of action undertaken:
Misgiving 指怀疑或未确定的事，如源于在做出的一个决议中信心的丧失或对已采取的一行动的恐惧性怀疑：
例句：
.A prudent mind can see room for misgiving, lest he who prospers should one day suffer reverse. (Sophocles).
.谨慎的心灵能用忧虑怀疑看待机会，以免一时成功的人某天会遭受不幸. （索弗克斯）