| 单词 | apprehensive |
| 释义 | ap·pre·hen·sive /ˌæprɪˈhensɪv◂/ ●○○ adjective WORRIEDworried or nervous about something that you are going to do, or about the future 〔对将做的事或对未来〕忧虑的，担心的apprehensive about/of We’d been a little apprehensive about their visit. 我们对他们的来访一直有些不安。apprehensive that I was apprehensive that something would go wrong. 我担心会出错。 Some had apprehensive looks on their faces. 有些人面带愁容。► see thesaurus at worried —apprehensively adverb ‘What’s wrong?’ I asked apprehensively. “怎么了？”我担心地问道。Examples from the Corpusapprehensive• Twenty minutes in his company had left Merrill feeling stretched and apprehensive.• I must admit that before my baby was born I was very apprehensive about motherhood.• No one need be apprehensive about their personal safety; everything is under control.• Afterward the architects agreed that they had been very apprehensive about what it would look like.• What were the neighbors and zoning board apprehensive about?• And she felt just as apprehensive as she always did here.• Although a little apprehensive at first of steering such a large boat, we settled into it remarkably quickly.• Anne waved her off, watching, nervous and apprehensive, from the upstairs window.• Dr Gottlieb reassures apprehensive patients that the operation is a simple procedure.• The Secret Service gets apprehensive when people even walk on this part of the colonnade.apprehensive that• They were deeply involved in the welfare of their families - apprehensive that something might go wrong.ap·pre·hen·sive adjectiveChineseSyllable that going to or Corpus something nervous about are do, worried you |
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