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 unburdened his small heart of certain apprehensions.
  他吐露了他小小心灵里的一些不安。
• 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。
• In this tragedy, Sartre artistically does away with man's apprehensions for the mystery of the nature, reveals the modern consciousness that man can vanquish God and freely choose the way of life.
  作者借用这出浓郁的古代神话悲剧的诗意，艺术地破除了人对自然之谜的惶惑感，传递出人能战胜上帝，自由选择生活道路的现代意识。
• 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。
• These can be things, such as a fear of flying or heights, or more-subtle apprehensions such as participating in a discussion with a group of strangers at a meeting.
  恐惧可能是事情，例如：害怕坐飞机、恐高，还可能是更不那么明显的惧怕，例如：会议上加入一群陌生人讨论。
• 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。
• THE red glare of the torch, lighting up the interior of the block-house, showed me the worst of my apprehensions realised.
  火把的红光照亮了木屋的内部，我所料想的最坏的局面呈现出来。
• All my apprehensions were buried. A Discussion on the Mentality of Resisting Liao Dynasty of Song People;
  我的全部畏惧心理都被埋没起来。
• 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。
• Better be despised for too anxious apprehensions, than ruined by too confident security.
  被过度的忧虑压倒，也好于在盲目自信中毁灭。