apprehensive 音标拼音: [
, æprɪh'ɛnsɪv] [
, æprih'ɛnsɪv]
a . 忧虑的,不安的,担心的,恐惧的;有理解力的,领悟的
忧虑的,不安的,担心的,恐惧的;有理解力的,领悟的
apprehensive adj 1 :
quick to understand ; "
a kind and apprehensive friend "-
Nathaniel Hawthorne [
synonym : {
apprehensive }, {
discerning }]
2 :
mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc ;
"
apprehensive about her job "; "
not used to a city and worried about small things "; "
felt apprehensive about the consequences " [
synonym : {
apprehensive }, {
worried }]
3 :
in fear or dread of possible evil or harm ; "
apprehensive for one '
s life "; "
apprehensive of danger "
Apprehensive \
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See {
Apprehend }.]
1 .
Capable of apprehending ,
or quick to do so ;
apt ;
discerning .
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It may be pardonable to imagine that a friend ,
a kind and apprehensive . . .
friend ,
is listening to our talk . --
Hawthorne .
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2 .
Knowing ;
conscious ;
cognizant . [
R .]
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A man that has spent his younger years in vanity and folly ,
and is ,
by the grace of God ,
apprehensive of it . --
Jer .
Taylor .
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3 .
Relating to the faculty of apprehension .
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Judgment . . .
is implied in every apprehensive act .
--
Sir W .
Hamilton .
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4 .
Anticipative of something unfavorable '
fearful of what may be coming ;
in dread of possible harm ;
in expectation of evil .
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Not at all apprehensive of evils as a distance .
--
Tillotson .
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Reformers . . .
apprehensive for their lives .
--
Gladstone .
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5 .
Sensible ;
feeling ;
perceptive . [
R .]
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Thoughts ,
my tormentors ,
armed with deadly stings ,
Mangle my apprehensive ,
tenderest parts . --
Milton .
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74 Moby Thesaurus words for "
apprehensive ":
afraid ,
agitated ,
alive ,
all nerves ,
all -
knowing ,
all -
overish ,
anxious ,
anxioused up ,
apperceptive ,
appercipient ,
apprehending ,
awake ,
aware ,
bothered ,
cognizant ,
comprehending ,
concerned ,
conscious ,
disquieted ,
disturbed ,
edgy ,
excitable ,
fearful ,
foreboding ,
frightened ,
high -
strung ,
in a pucker ,
in a stew ,
in suspense ,
insightful ,
intelligent ,
irritable ,
keyed -
up ,
knowing ,
knowledgeable ,
mindful ,
misgiving ,
nerves on edge ,
nervous ,
nervy ,
omniscient ,
on edge ,
on tenterhooks ,
on tiptoe ,
overanxious ,
overapprehensive ,
overstrung ,
panicky ,
perceptive ,
percipient ,
perspicacious ,
perturbed ,
prehensile ,
qualmish ,
qualmy ,
quivering ,
sagacious ,
sensible ,
sentient ,
shrewd ,
solicitous ,
strained ,
suspenseful ,
taut ,
tense ,
troubled ,
understanding ,
uneasy ,
ware ,
wise ,
with bated breath ,
with muscles tense ,
witting ,
zealous
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APPREHENSIVE Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster The meaning of APPREHENSIVE is viewing the future with anxiety or alarm : feeling or showing fear or apprehension about the future How to use apprehensive in a sentence
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APPREHENSIVE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary Someone who is apprehensive is afraid that something bad may happen People are still terribly apprehensive about the future Fearful or anxious Click for English pronunciations, examples sentences, video