apprehensive 音标拼音: [
, æprɪh'ɛnsɪv] [
, æprih'ɛnsɪv]
a . 忧虑的,不安的,担心的,恐惧的;有理解力的,领悟的
忧虑的,不安的,担心的,恐惧的;有理解力的,领悟的
apprehensive adj 1 :
quick to understand ; "
a kind and apprehensive friend "-
Nathaniel Hawthorne [
synonym : {
apprehensive }, {
discerning }]
2 :
mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc ;
"
apprehensive about her job "; "
not used to a city and worried about small things "; "
felt apprehensive about the consequences " [
synonym : {
apprehensive }, {
worried }]
3 :
in fear or dread of possible evil or harm ; "
apprehensive for one '
s life "; "
apprehensive of danger "
Apprehensive \
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See {
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1 .
Capable of apprehending ,
or quick to do so ;
apt ;
discerning .
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It may be pardonable to imagine that a friend ,
a kind and apprehensive . . .
friend ,
is listening to our talk . --
Hawthorne .
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2 .
Knowing ;
conscious ;
cognizant . [
R .]
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A man that has spent his younger years in vanity and folly ,
and is ,
by the grace of God ,
apprehensive of it . --
Jer .
Taylor .
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3 .
Relating to the faculty of apprehension .
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Judgment . . .
is implied in every apprehensive act .
--
Sir W .
Hamilton .
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4 .
Anticipative of something unfavorable '
fearful of what may be coming ;
in dread of possible harm ;
in expectation of evil .
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Not at all apprehensive of evils as a distance .
--
Tillotson .
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Reformers . . .
apprehensive for their lives .
--
Gladstone .
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5 .
Sensible ;
feeling ;
perceptive . [
R .]
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Thoughts ,
my tormentors ,
armed with deadly stings ,
Mangle my apprehensive ,
tenderest parts . --
Milton .
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74 Moby Thesaurus words for "
apprehensive ":
afraid ,
agitated ,
alive ,
all nerves ,
all -
knowing ,
all -
overish ,
anxious ,
anxioused up ,
apperceptive ,
appercipient ,
apprehending ,
awake ,
aware ,
bothered ,
cognizant ,
comprehending ,
concerned ,
conscious ,
disquieted ,
disturbed ,
edgy ,
excitable ,
fearful ,
foreboding ,
frightened ,
high -
strung ,
in a pucker ,
in a stew ,
in suspense ,
insightful ,
intelligent ,
irritable ,
keyed -
up ,
knowing ,
knowledgeable ,
mindful ,
misgiving ,
nerves on edge ,
nervous ,
nervy ,
omniscient ,
on edge ,
on tenterhooks ,
on tiptoe ,
overanxious ,
overapprehensive ,
overstrung ,
panicky ,
perceptive ,
percipient ,
perspicacious ,
perturbed ,
prehensile ,
qualmish ,
qualmy ,
quivering ,
sagacious ,
sensible ,
sentient ,
shrewd ,
solicitous ,
strained ,
suspenseful ,
taut ,
tense ,
troubled ,
understanding ,
uneasy ,
ware ,
wise ,
with bated breath ,
with muscles tense ,
witting ,
zealous
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