apprehensive

apprehensive
adjective
  1. anxious or fearful that something bad or unpleasant will happen
    忧虑的,担心的
    he felt apprehensive about going home.
    对于回家他觉得担心。
  2. (archaic or poetic literary)of or relating to perception or understanding
    (古,诗 文)(与)领会(有关)的,(与)理解(有关)的
派生
apprehensively
adverb
apprehensiveness
noun
语源
  1. late Middle English (in sense 2): from French appréhensif or medieval Latin apprehensivus, from Latin apprehendere 'seize, grasp' (see apprehend)
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