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apprehensively

/ap-ri-hen-siv/US // ˌæp rɪˈhɛn sɪv //UK // (ˌæprɪˈhɛnsɪv) //

忧虑地,忐忑不安地,忐忑地,顾虑重重地

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : uneasy or fearful about something that might happen: apprehensive for the safety of the mountain climbers.
    • : quick to learn or understand.
    • : perceptive; discerning.

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Examples

  • In it, a gentle, apprehensive alien secretly arrives on Earth, where he passes for human and assumes the name Thomas Jerome Newton.

  • I was apprehensive about my prognosis, my treatment plan, and my ability to live a normal life.

  • "You have offended Carry," said Emma, apprehensively, as the former walked towards the other room.

  • When Ormsby came in, I watched him apprehensively as he read the envelope upon his desk and saw its contents.

  • The girl's heart waited apprehensively and she heard her father's deep voice.

  • At last he heard the first stroke of twelve and looked apprehensively towards Dora.

  • She glanced rather apprehensively as she spoke at the large white house, not two minutes' walk distant across the street.