late 14c., "capable of perceiving, fitted for mental impression," from Medieval Latin apprehensivus, from Latin apprehensus, past participle of apprehendere (see apprehend). Meaning "fearful of what is to come" is recorded from 1718, via notion of "capable of grasping with the mind" (c. 1600). Related: Apprehensively; apprehensiveness.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. People are still terribly apprehensive about the future.
人們對(duì)于將來(lái)仍然非常擔(dān)心。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. I was a little apprehensive about the effects of what I had said.