| 单词 | apprehend |
| 释义 | apprehend (once / 157 pages) 1v 2v 3v To apprehend is to capture or arrest, as when the police try to apprehend criminals and bring them to justice. You also apprehend a concept when you understand it, grasping or capturing its meaning. The verb apprehend has remained much the same since the original Latin, both in form and meaning. It comes from apprehendere "to grasp or seize." The word came to refer to learning — "grasping or seizing with the mind" — but then came to mean "seize in the name of the law" or "arrest" around the 1540s, a meaning that remains to this day. The word can also be used to suggest an anxious feeling about something about to happen. WORD FAMILYapprehend: apprehended, apprehender, apprehending, apprehends, apprehensible, apprehension, apprehensive, misapprehend+/apprehender: apprehenders/apprehensible: apprehensibly/apprehension: apprehensions/apprehensive: apprehensively, apprehensiveness, unapprehensive/misapprehend: misapprehended, misapprehending, misapprehends, misapprehension/misapprehension: misapprehensions USAGE EXAMPLESHomeland Security says the number of Central Americans recently apprehended on the Mexico border once again surpassed the number of Mexicans who were stopped. Washington Times(Dec 30, 2016) It is unclear where Asbury was apprehended or where exactly Rodgers was found. Washington Times(Dec 30, 2016) Airport ground crews followed the man, who was apprehended at the airport’s fire station. Seattle Times(Dec 23, 2016) 1 v anticipate with dread or anxiety 2Syn|Hyper quail at anticipate, look for, look to be excited or anxious about v understand or perceive the meaning of something 3Syn|Hypo|Hyper compass, comprehend, dig, get the picture, grasp, grok, savvy figure understand catch on, cotton on, get it, get onto, get wise, latch on, tumble, twigunderstand, usually after some initial difficulty intuitknow or grasp by intuition or feeling digestarrange and integrate in the mind understand know and comprehend the nature or meaning of v take into custody Syn|Hyper arrest, collar, cop, nab, nail, pick up clutch, prehend, seize take hold of; grab |
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