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apprehend

🇬🇧 UK/.æpri'hend/🇺🇸 US
TOEFLGREC2

Definitions

v.

To arrest or seize someone; to understand or grasp something; to anticipate with fear or anxiety.

逮捕;理解;忧虑

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
apto, toward
+
prehendto grasp, seize, take hold of
=apprehend

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The police apprehended the suspect near the train station.

  • 2.

    I failed to apprehend the meaning of that complicated sentence.

  • 3.

    She apprehended danger in the strange behavior of the dog.

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