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be apprehensive about sth
表示对某事感到担心或紧张，是 apprehensive 最常见的用法。
She felt apprehensive about the interview.
她对这次面试感到惴惴不安。
敏悟的；领悟力强的
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敏悟的；领悟力强的
quick to understand
She felt apprehensive about the interview.
她对这次面试感到惴惴不安。
此义指理解迅速，不是“惴惴不安的”。
怀着焦虑、恐惧或疑虑预期某事；不情愿的。
Anticipating something with anxiety, fear, or doubt; reluctant.
理解力快
quick to understand; - Nathaniel Hawthorne
对可能的不幸或危险感到不安
mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc
对可能的邪恶或伤害感到恐惧或担忧
in fear or dread of possible evil or harm
The new intern was so apprehensive that she finished the training course in just one day.
那位新来的实习生非常敏悟，仅用一天就完成了培训课程。
AI contextual example
My younger brother is an apprehensive student; he always understands new grammar rules right away.
我弟弟是个领悟力强的学生；他总能立刻理解新的语法规则。
AI contextual example
With her apprehensive nature, she could read people's emotions accurately.
她天性敏悟，能准确地读懂他人的情绪。
AI contextual example
a kind and apprehensive friend
一位善良且善解人意的朋友。
WordNet
表示对某事感到担心或紧张，是 apprehensive 最常见的用法。
She felt apprehensive about the interview.
她对这次面试感到惴惴不安。
that 从句引出担心的具体内容。
We were apprehensive that the plan might fail.
我们担心计划可能会失败。
of 后接令人担心或恐惧的对象；比 about 略为正式。
He was apprehensive of the dog's reaction.
他担心那条狗的反应。
Not this
This explanation is very apprehensive.
Use this
This explanation is very understandable.
apprehensive 意为“忧虑的”或“领悟力强的”，并不表示“可理解的”；表达“易理解”应用 understandable 或 comprehensible。这是因词根 apprehend 与 comprehend 相近而产生的误用。
Not this
I am apprehensive to the exam.
Use this
I am apprehensive about the exam.
表示“对某事感到担心”时，apprehensive 应与 about 搭配，而不是受中文“对”的影响误用 to；介词 about 后接名词或动名词。
Not this
I have some apprehensive about the future.
Use this
I have some apprehensions about the future.
apprehensive 是形容词，不能作名词；表示“担忧、顾虑”时应用名词 apprehension，可数时复数形式为 apprehensions。
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感到惴惴不安
She began to feel apprehensive about the upcoming exam.
她开始对即将到来的考试感到惴惴不安。
对……感到忧虑
He was apprehensive about the job interview.
他对求职面试感到忧虑。
对……有所畏惧
Many people are apprehensive of snakes.
许多人对蛇有所畏惧。
忧虑的神情
She cast an apprehensive look at the dark alley.
她向黑暗的小巷投去忧虑的目光。
变得担心起来
The passengers grew apprehensive as the plane hit turbulence.
飞机遇到气流时，乘客们变得担心起来。
忧虑的沉默
An apprehensive silence fell over the room when the teacher announced the test.
当老师宣布考试时，房间里一片忧虑的沉默。
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联想 prehensile（会抓握的尾巴）：apprehensive 就是大脑能一把抓住新知识，敏悟的。
语域：formal 常见场景：文学作品中、正式书面语、历史文本 此义项（敏悟的、领悟力强的）通常用于较正式或文学性的书面语，现代日常英语中更常见的是“忧虑的”这一含义。
All the words below rhyme with apprehensive: they share the stressed /-ɛnsɪv/ ending, as in /ˌæprɪˈhɛnsɪv/, /ˌkɒmprɪˈhɛnsɪv/, and /ɪkˈspɛnsɪv/. Beware of lookalikes such as apprehend /ˌæprɪˈhɛnd/ and apprentice /əˈprɛntɪs/, which look similar but sound different.
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