apprehensive
英 [æprɪ'hensɪv]
美 [,æprɪ'hɛnsɪv]
英文词源
- apprehensive (adj.)
- late 14c., "capable of perceiving, fitted for mental impression," from Medieval Latin apprehensivus, from Latin apprehensus, past participle of apprehendere (see apprehend). Meaning "fearful of what is to come" is recorded from 1718, via notion of "capable of grasping with the mind" (c. 1600). Related: Apprehensively; apprehensiveness.
双语例句
- 1. People are still terribly apprehensive about the future.
- 人们对于将来仍然非常担心。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. I was a little apprehensive about the effects of what I had said.
- 我有点担忧我说的话的后果。
来自《权威词典》
- 3. He was rather apprehensive of failure.
- 他相当害怕失败.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. She was deeply apprehensive about her future.
- 她对未来感到非常担心.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. The long delay had made me quite apprehensive.
- 长时间的耽搁使我相当焦虑.
来自《简明英汉词典》