apprehension

Definitions

ap- (toward) + prehens (grasp) + -ion (act/state) = the noun of apprehend, and it inherits all three senses: the arrest, the understanding, and — most common today — the anxiety. The dominant 'dread' sense is grabbing-the-future-and-failing turned into a feeling.

Common Collocations

• 1.a sense of apprehension一种不安感
• 2.with some apprehension带着几分忧虑
• 3.growing apprehension与日俱增的担忧
• 4.apprehension about对……的担忧

Example Sentences

• 1.

  She felt a growing sense of apprehension before the interview.

• 2.

  The apprehension of the gang took police several months.

• 3.

  There was widespread apprehension about the new policy.