apprehensions

英 [ˌæprɪˈhɛnʃ(ə)nz]

美 [ˌæprɪˈhɛnʃənz]

n.  忧虑; 担心; 疑惧; 恐惧; 逮捕; 拘押
apprehension的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 担心；忧虑；恐惧
  Apprehensionis a feeling of fear that something bad may happen.
  1. It reflects real anger and apprehension about the future...
     它反映出对未来真实的愤怒和恐惧。
  2. I tensed every muscle in my body in apprehension.
     我吓得全身肌肉紧绷。
• N-UNCOUNT 逮捕；拘押
  Theapprehension ofsomeone who is thought to be a criminal is their capture or arrest by the police.
  1. ...information leading to the apprehension of the alleged killer.
     致使凶杀嫌犯被捕的信息
• N-UNCOUNT 理解;领悟
  Theapprehension ofsomething is awareness and understanding of it.
  1. ...the sudden apprehension of something familiar as something alien.
     突然间领悟到熟悉的事物原来如此陌生

双语例句

• He stood in a mixture of desire and apprehensions.
  他怀着渴望和恐惧交加的心情伫立着。
• And I doubt not, but they might have been several times on shore, after my apprehensions of them had made me cautious as well as before;
  我也毫不怀疑，自从我处处小心提防他们之后，他们还照常到岛上来过好几次。
• So Mrs Chick, who had her matronly apprehensions that this indulgence in grief might be prejudicial to the little Dombey ('acid, indeed,'she whispered Miss Tox), hastened to the rescue.
  奇克夫人有她当家庭主妇的忧虑，生怕这样放纵地悲伤会对小董贝不利（“真酸，”她对托克斯小姐说道），所以急忙进行抢救。
• They descended the hill, crossed the bridge, and drove to the door; and, while examining the nearer aspect of the house, all her apprehensions of meeting its owner returned.
  他们下了山坡，过了桥，一直驶到大厦门前，欣赏那附近一带的景物，伊丽莎白这时候不免又起了一阵疑惧，生怕闯见主人。
• As states become stronger, they cultivate new needs and this may seem counterintuitive apprehensions that force them to expand in various forms.
  随着国家变得越来越强大，它们产生新的需求和恐慌（这可能感觉起来有点违反常识），这迫使其自身以各种形式扩张。
• All my apprehensions were bury'd in the thoughts of such a pitch of inhuman, hellish brutality, and the horror of the degeneracy of humane nature.
  想到这种极端残忍可怕的行为，想到人性竟然堕落到如此地步，我忘记了自己的恐惧。
• Could you elaborate on the fears and apprehensions you mentioned?
  你能详细描述你当时的恐惧吗？
• Chen's speech added to Mao's apprehensions.
  陈的发言增加了他的担心。
• Yet such was the Fright I had taken at the Moors, and the dreadful Apprehensions I had of falling into their Hands, that I would not stop, or go on Shoar, or come to an Anchor;
  但是，我已被摩尔人吓破了胆，生怕再落到他们的手里；同一时间风势又顺，于是也不靠岸，也不下锚，一口气竟然走了五天。
• Her former apprehensions, now with greater reason restored, left her no doubt of the event.
  她过去的恐惧现在夹带着更多的理由卷土重来，使她对结局毫不怀疑。