单词 | apprehend |
释义 | ap·pre·hend ![]() v. ap·pre·hend·ed, ap·pre·hend·ing, ap·pre·hends v.tr. 1. To take into custody; arrest: apprehended the murderer. 2. To grasp mentally; understand: "Science is the systematic method by which we apprehend what is true about the real world in which we live" (Richard Dawkins). See Synonyms at understand. 3. To become conscious of, as through the emotions or senses; perceive: "She began to look with her own eyes; to see and to apprehend the deeper undercurrents of life" (Kate Chopin). 4. Archaic To anticipate with worry or dread. v.intr. To understand something. [Middle English apprehenden, from Old French apprehender, from Latin apprehendere, to seize : ad-, ad- + prehendere, to grasp; see ghend- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] ap′pre·hender n. |
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