| 释义 |
unappreˈhended, ppl. a.
[un-1 8.]
1. Not apprehended by the mind.
1597Hooker Eccl. Pol. v. ii. §1 They of whom God is altogether vnapprehended, are but few in number. 1668Clarendon Vind. Tracts (1727) 48 Bringing heinous crimes to light..by means unapprehended by the guilty. 1896A. Morrison Child of the Jago xxi. 205 He had a shapeless, unapprehended notion that Canary was the sole creature alive that could understand and feel with him.
2. Not arrested.
1611Cotgr., Descalengé, vnarrested, vnapprehended. 1764Burn Poor Laws 207 The clause..whereby a rogue and vagabond..was to be sent to the place where he last passed unapprehended. 1977Daily Tel. 5 Mar. 3/1 It included 341 multi⁓offenders and concluded with 60 unapprehended men wanted in Dallas this year. |