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单词 apprehensive
释义 ap·pre·hen·sive
\| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|hen(t)siv, -ēv also -əv\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Medieval Latin apprehensivus, from Latin apprenhensus + -ivus -ive
1. archaic : serving for apprehension
2. : capable of apprehending or quick to do so : apt, discerning
 < a kind and apprehensive friend — Nathaniel Hawthorne >
3. : having apprehension : knowing, conscious, cognizant
 < apprehensive of one's youthful folly >
4. : anticipative of something unfavorable : fearful of what may be coming : in dread of possible evil or harm
 < apprehensive of danger >
 < apprehensive for one's life >
5. : relating to the faculty of apprehension
 < judgment is implied in every apprehensive act — William Hamilton †1856 >
ap·pre·hen·sive·ly adverb
ap·pre·hen·sive·ness noun -es
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