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apprehensive

🇬🇧 UK/.æpri'hensiv/🇺🇸 US
GREC2

Definitions

adj.

Feeling anxious or worried about something that may happen; uneasy.

忧虑的;惴惴不安的

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
apto, toward
+
prehensto grasp, seize, take hold of
+
ivetending to, having the nature of
=apprehensive

Common Collocations

  • 1.apprehensive about对……感到忧虑

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    She felt apprehensive about the upcoming exam next week.

  • 2.

    He cast an apprehensive glance at the dark forest ahead.

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