apprehensive
apprehensive 英 [ˌæprɪˈhensɪv] 美 [ˌæprɪˈhɛnsɪv]
adj. 忧虑的；不安的；敏悟的；知晓的
- If you're apprehensive, you're anxious or fearful. If you live near a busy intersection with no stop signs, you might be a bit apprehensive about crossing the street.
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- adj. 忧虑的；不安的；敏悟的；知晓的
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1. As I give the driver my address, I'm half euphoric, half apprehensive about what comes next.
当我把住址告诉司机时，我对将要发生的事情，感到半是欣快，半是不安。
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2. There are historical reasons, too, why markets are highly apprehensive about Greece, and these are linked to concerns about the country's political stability.
市场会对希腊问题感到高度不安，也存在历史原因，这些原因与人们对其政治稳定性的担忧有关。
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3. Climatological Cassandras are becoming increasingly apprehensive, for the weather aberrations they are studying may be the harbinger of another ice age.
气候预言家们开始不安起来，天气的不寻常可能是另外一个冰川时代到来的前兆。
- apprehensive (adj.) late 14c., "capable of perceiving, fitted for mental impression," from Medieval Latin apprehensivus, from Latin apprehens-, past participle stem of apprehendere "take hold of, grasp" physically or mentally (see apprehend). Meaning "fearful of what is to come" is recorded from 1630s, via notion of "capable of grasping with the mind" (c. 1600). Related: Apprehensively; apprehensiveness.
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