apprehensive
英 [æprɪ'hensɪv]
美 [,æprɪ'hɛnsɪv]
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. People are still terribly apprehensive about the future.
- 人們對於將來仍然非常擔心。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. I was a little apprehensive about the effects of what I had said.
- 我有點擔憂我說的話的後果。
來自《權威詞典》
- 3. He was rather apprehensive of failure.
- 他相當害怕失敗.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. She was deeply apprehensive about her future.
- 她對未來感到非常擔心.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. The long delay had made me quite apprehensive.
- 長時間的耽擱使我相當焦慮.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》