apprehensive

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A mood indicating an undesired outcome. uncountable
    — In 16.66 the non-visual apprehensive is used with the third-person.
形容词 adj.
  1. Anticipating something with anxiety, fear, or doubt; reluctant.
    — This convinc'd me that there was no going on Shore for us in the Night upon that Coaſt, and how to venture on Shore in the Day was another Queſtion too; for to have fallen into the Hands of any of the Savages, had been as bad as to have fallen into the Hands of Lyons and Tygers; at leaſt we were equally apprehenſive of the Danger of it.
  2. Perceptive; quick to learn; capable of understanding using one's intellect. obsolete
    — More fond of Miracles, than apprehensive of Truth.

词形变化

more apprehensive comparative most apprehensive superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
apprehensively apprehensiveness inapprehensive misapprehensive overapprehensive unapprehensive

词源

词源 1
From Latin apprehensīvus, from apprehensus, perfect passive participle of apprehendō (“to apprehend, understand, learn”) + -īvus (“-ive”).
词源 2
From Latin apprehensīvus, from apprehensus, perfect passive participle of apprehendō (“to apprehend, understand, learn”) + -īvus (“-ive”).
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