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apprehending

/ap-ri-hend/US // ˌæp rɪˈhɛnd //UK // (ˌæprɪˈhɛnd) //

抓捕,逮捕,抓获,缉捕

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v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to take into custody; arrest by legal warrant or authority: The police apprehended the burglars.
    • : to grasp the meaning of; understand, especially intuitively; perceive.
    • : to expect with anxiety, suspicion, or fear; anticipate: apprehending violence.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to understand.
    • : to be apprehensive, suspicious, or fearful; fear.

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Examples

  • Minimal police investigation into McCoy’s death meant a dearth of evidence, so that when two suspects were apprehended and finally prosecuted three years later, both men were ultimately acquitted.

  • It says that when Arlington Police initially attempted to apprehend Price, “he jumped off of a platform and ran into a subway tunnel towards the Pentagon Metro Station.”

  • In 2020, 26 percent of migrants apprehended by Border Patrol had been caught more than once, compared to 7 percent the previous year.

  • “The individual who appeared to possibly be under the influence was apprehended and removed from the roadway,” Ly said.

  • Officers from the Animal Welfare League of Alexandria “apprehended the snake” on Sunday after a caller said it was found near the 400 block of Gibbon Street, the organization said.

  • Somebody yanks Chan and elbows him and he is momentarily distracted trying to apprehend his assailant.

  • In the script I worked on, a man pursues a woman in order to apprehend her husband.

  • As the OSS pieced together the Operation Bernhard network, it made plans to apprehend those participants not already in custody.

  • Boya Dee live-tweeted the moments after the attack when police arrived to apprehend the suspects—injuring both.

  • Finally, even if the court did decide to pursue charges, it would be unable to apprehend wanted suspects.

  • She began to look with her own eyes; to see and to apprehend the deeper undercurrents of life.

  • Angels have a constitution which distinguishes them from man, yet with him they apprehend the authority of the one moral law.

  • Though Richard could not fail to apprehend the implied dismissal, he was minded at first to disregard it.

  • He had his uncle's revolver with him, but there was little reason to apprehend danger from wild beasts.

  • A God who enjoys a power which nothing in the world can resist, can He apprehend that His intentions could be thwarted?