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apprehension

/ap-ri-hen-shuhn/US // ˌæp rɪˈhɛn ʃən //UK // (ˌæprɪˈhɛnʃən) //

忧虑,顾虑,担忧,担心

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : anticipation of adversity or misfortune; suspicion or fear of future trouble or evil.
    • : the faculty or act of apprehending or understanding; perception on a direct and immediate level.
    • : acceptance of or receptivity to information without passing judgment on its validity, often without complete comprehension.
    • : a view, opinion, or idea on any subject.
    • : the act of arresting; seizure: Police apprehension of the burglar was aided by two alert teenagers.

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Examples

  • Though shy at first, I learned to convey emotions without apprehension.

  • Winner was also left with no time to strategize with a lawyer before her speedy apprehension, she noted.

  • There seemed to have been a lot of apprehension about the blue wave—and we didn’t quite get the blue wave, if you will.

  • It’s an inevitability of the pandemic, and it’s a constant source of apprehension.

  • At the time, there was mild apprehension—but much changed that week.

  • There may even be a physiological basis to our apprehension about the “other.”

  • Did you have any apprehension as far as playing Nancy again?

  • They never procure them without exertion, and they never indulge in them without apprehension.

  • Soon Arab-American and Muslim-American groups joined in expressing their apprehension.

  • Of course, there is plenty to celebrate, but there is an unmistakable sense of apprehension hanging over the anniversary.

  • The mother played her accompaniments and at the same time watched her daughter with greedy admiration and nervous apprehension.

  • Hilda took the letter with apprehension, as she recognized the down-slanting calligraphy of Sarah Gailey.

  • The apprehension that God will punish for not making fulfilment to him accompanies equally the oath and the vow.

  • He gave so violent a start, his face expressed so much of apprehension and dismay, that I stared at him blankly.

  • Not merely must there be a desire to perform the service; but there must be an enlightened apprehension of its nature.