apprehend

• vt. 理解；逮捕；忧虑
• vi. 理解；担心

前缀ap-同ad-. 前缀pre, 在前。词根hend, 得到，抓住，词源同get.

1. get the meaning of something;

"Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?"

2. take into custody;

"the police nabbed the suspected criminals"

3. anticipate with dread or anxiety

apprehend

apprehend: [14] The underlying notion in apprehend is of ‘seizing’ or ‘grasping’; it comes ultimately from the Latin verb prehendere ‘seize’ (source also of comprehend, predatory, and prehensile). Latin apprehendere ‘lay hold of’, formed with the prefix ad-, developed the metaphorical meaning ‘seize with the mind’ – that is, ‘learn’; and that was the earliest meaning apprehend had in English when it was borrowed either directly from Latin or via French appréhender: John de Trevisa, for instance, in his translation of De proprietatibus rerum 1398 writes ‘he holds in mind … without forgetting, all that he apprehends’.

More familiar modern senses, such as ‘arrest’ and ‘understand’, followed in the 16th century. A contracted form of the Latin verb, apprendere, became Old French aprendre, modern French apprendre ‘learn’. This provided the basis for the derivative aprentis ‘someone learning’, from which English gets apprentice [14]; and its past participle appris, in the causative sense ‘taught’, was the source of English apprise [17].

The chief modern meaning of the derived noun apprehension, ‘fear’, arose via the notion of ‘grasping something with the mind’, then ‘forming an idea of what will happen in the future’, and finally ‘anticipation of something unpleasant’.
=> apprentice, comprehend, impregnable, predatory, prehensile

apprehend (v.)

mid-14c., "to grasp in the senses or mind," from Old French aprendre (12c.) "teach; learn; take, grasp; acquire," or directly from Latin apprehendere "to take hold of, grasp," from ad- "to" + prehendere "to seize" (see prehensile). Metaphoric extension to "seize with the mind" took place in Latin, and was the sole sense of cognate Old French aprendre (Modern French apprendre "to learn, to be informed about;" also compare apprentice). Original sense returned in English in meaning "to seize in the name of the law, arrest," recorded from 1540s, which use probably was taken directly from Latin. Related: Apprehended; apprehending.

understand, comprehend, appreciate, apprehend, grasp

这些动词均有"理解"之意。

understand： 指对事物已有彻底的认识，不仅知其性质、含义和细节，而且了解其内外的关系。

comprehend： 较正式用词，指对较复杂的事物能透彻理解其意义。

appreciate： 语气较弱，指对某事物或意义有充分的理解。着重有能力领悟或觉察。

apprehend： 指知道某事物或某观念的大概意义，但未能理解其内涵意义，暗含一知半解意味。

grasp： 从本义抓紧、抓住，引申作"理解、掌握"。

Police have not apprehended her killer.

警察还未抓获谋杀她的凶手。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Only now can I begin to apprehend the power of these forces.

直到现在我才真正了解这些队伍的力量。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Do you apprehend any difficulty?

你担心会有困难 吗 ?

《现代英汉综合大词典》

The discovery, I apprehend, is not imperative.

我认为, 这个发现不是必不可免的.

辞典例句

And I HAs tried to apprehend the Pythagorean power by which bulk holds above the flux.

我试图领悟毕达哥拉斯所景仰的数字力量,它支配着此消彼长.

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I apprehend no such danger with you.

我明白你不会有这样的危险.

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At last I apprehend ed his meaning.

最后,我理解了他的意思.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

I have tried to apprehend the Pythagorean power by which number holds sway above the flux.

我力图领悟毕达哥拉斯的才能,他的才能使数字支配着不断变动的事物.

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There was no organized police force to apprehend criminals.

城里没有可以拘捕罪犯的有组织的警察队伍.

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You are, I apprehend, ready to renew the contract.

据我理解, 你愿意续订这个合同.

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Apprehend the world's indefiniteness, which is to let us reverence to the unknown world virtually.

认同世界的不确定性, 实质上是让我们对未知的世界要有一份敬畏.

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'There is nothing to apprehend.

“ 没有什么好害怕的.

英汉文学 - 双城记

Self and his team are there waiting, apprehend them all.

赛尔夫和他的组员在路上等着, 将他们一网成擒.

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And I have tried to apprehend the Pythagorean power by which number holds above the flux.

我曾试图理解毕达哥拉斯的力量,这种力量使数字凌驾于万物之上.

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I cannot apprehend it.

我不能领会它.

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'You apprehend me very clearly , Mr. Barsad. I won't.'

“ 你很理解, 巴萨先生. 你不去我是不会说的. ”

英汉文学 - 双城记

Are you sure you entirely apprehend the importance of completing these forms as accurately as possible?

你肯定你完全明白了尽可能准确地填写这些表格的重要性了 吗 ?

《简明英汉词典》

We apprehend him rather as a Buddha.

我们把他理解为一位佛陀.

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And I have tried to apprehend the Pythagorean power by with number above the flux.

我试图理解毕达哥拉斯的威力,它让数字支配潮涨.

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Prices are, I apprehend, inclined to rise.

依我看, 价格有上涨趋势.

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We know the good, we apprehend it clearly, but we cant bring it to achievement.

我们懂得善, 我们理解善, 但是我们无法实现善.

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The suspect was apprehend at the scene of the crime.

嫌疑犯在犯罪现场逮捕.

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This thesis is of great help to apprehend and master the multivariate differential and integral calculus.

对有效的理解和掌握多元微分起到重要作用.

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I apprehend the word but cannot use it.

我了解这字的意义但不会使用.

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I apprehend that you say your client have a reference.

我领会你说你的委托人有证明人.

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Stringent entry quarantine requirements to apprehend and destroy infected birds provide a good barrier.

严格的进口封锁,扣捕和销毁病禽可以提供一个很好的屏障.

辞典例句

I apprehend no worsening of the situation.

我不担心局势会恶化.

《简明英汉词典》

An assessment or examination should happen as soon as practicable after the police apprehend you.

在警察拘留你后,要尽快做精神测试和评估.

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