apprehension （心理）憂慮、不安；（法律）逮捕、緝捕｜字脈

1（心理）憂慮、不安；（法律）逮捕、緝捕
Apprehension is a nervous, feeling about something that is going to happen - not full panic, more like worry mixed with dread. You might feel apprehension before a big exam or a first day at a new job. In news and legal English, 'apprehension' also means the act of catching or arresting a suspect - 'the apprehension of the thief took only minutes.'

core核心畫面

組成from a root meaning 'to grasp or seize' + -ion; the feeling sense comes from your mind 'grasping' or 'seizing on' worry.

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

apprehensionnoun/æp.ɹɪˈhɛn.ʃən/

1
rareThe taking of something.
- The wing would have been a severe obstruction to apprehension of an object on the ground.
2
lawThe taking of something.
- The warrant had been issued for his apprehension on the charge of rioting.
- When he told us that a large reward was offered by Sir Leicester Dedlock for the murderer's apprehension, I did not in my first consternation understand why; […]
3
The awareness of something
- We live on, and in living we lose the apprehension of life.
4
The awareness of something
- We think we get a kind of vague apprehension of what London means from the top of a 'bus better than anywhere else.
5
The awareness of something
- Strangers of limited information and dull apprehension were sometimes observed not to know what a Powler was.
6
The awareness of something
- Every circumstance which evinced the savage nature of the beings at whose mercy I was, augmented the fearful apprehensions that consumed me.

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