apprehend 音标拼音: [
, æprɪh'ɛnd]
vt . 理解,忧虑,逮捕
vi . 理解
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apprehend v 1 :
get the meaning of something ; "
Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter ?" [
synonym : {
grok }, {
get the picture },
{
comprehend }, {
savvy }, {
dig }, {
grasp }, {
compass },
{
apprehend }]
2 :
take into custody ; "
the police nabbed the suspected criminals " [
synonym : {
collar }, {
nail }, {
apprehend }, {
arrest },
{
pick up }, {
nab }, {
cop }]
3 :
anticipate with dread or anxiety [
synonym : {
apprehend }, {
quail at }]
Apprehend \
Ap `
pre *
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a ^]
p `
pr [-
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h [
e ^]
nd "),
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Apprehended };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Apprehending }.] [
L .
apprehendere ;
ad prehendere to lay hold of ,
seize ;
prae before -
hendere (
used only in comp .);
akin to Gr .
chanda `
nein to hold ,
contain ,
and E .
get :
cf .
F .
appr ['
e ]
hender .
See {
Prehensile }, {
Get }.]
1 .
To take or seize ;
to take hold of . [
Archaic ]
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We have two hands to apprehend it . --
Jer .
Taylor .
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2 .
Hence :
To take or seize (
a person )
by legal process ;
to arrest ;
as ,
to apprehend a criminal .
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3 .
To take hold of with the understanding ,
that is ,
to conceive in the mind ;
to become cognizant of ;
to understand ;
to recognize ;
to consider .
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This suspicion of Earl Reimund ,
though at first but a buzz ,
soon got a sting in the king '
s head ,
and he violently apprehended it . --
Fuller .
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The eternal laws ,
such as the heroic age apprehended them . --
Gladstone .
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4 .
To know or learn with certainty . [
Obs .]
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G .
You are too much distrustful of my truth .
E .
Then you must give me leave to apprehend The means and manner how . --
Beau . &
Fl .
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5 .
To anticipate ;
esp .,
to anticipate with anxiety ,
dread ,
or fear ;
to fear .
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The opposition had more reason than the king to apprehend violence . --
Macaulay .
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Syn :
To catch ;
seize ;
arrest ;
detain ;
capture ;
conceive ;
understand ;
imagine ;
believe ;
fear ;
dread .
Usage :
To {
Apprehend }, {
Comprehend }.
These words come into comparison as describing acts of the mind .
Apprehend denotes the laying hold of a thing mentally ,
so as to understand it clearly ,
at least in part .
Comprehend denotes the embracing or understanding it in all its compass and extent .
We may apprehended many truths which we do not comprehend .
The very idea of God supposes that he may be apprehended ,
though not comprehended ,
by rational beings . "
We may apprehended much of Shakespeare '
s aim and intention in the character of Hamlet or King Lear ;
but few will claim that they have comprehended all that is embraced in these characters ." --
Trench .
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Apprehend \
Ap `
pre *
hend "\,
v .
i .
1 .
To think ,
believe ,
or be of opinion ;
to understand ;
to suppose .
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2 .
To be apprehensive ;
to fear .
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It is worse to apprehend than to suffer . --
Rowe .
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111 Moby Thesaurus words for "
apprehend ":
absorb ,
accept ,
anticipate ,
appreciate ,
arrest ,
assimilate ,
be acquainted with ,
be afraid ,
be apprised of ,
be aware of ,
be cognizant of ,
be conscious of ,
be conversant with ,
be informed ,
be sensible of ,
be with one ,
bode ,
bust ,
capture ,
catch ,
catch on ,
cognize ,
collar ,
compass ,
comprehend ,
conceive ,
conceptualize ,
cotton to ,
croak ,
detain ,
dig ,
digest ,
discern ,
divine ,
dread ,
experience ,
eye askance ,
fathom ,
fear ,
feel ,
follow ,
forebode ,
foreknow ,
forewarn ,
get ,
get hold of ,
get the drift ,
get the idea ,
get the picture ,
grab ,
grasp ,
have ,
have a premonition ,
have a presentiment ,
have information about ,
have it taped ,
have knowledge of ,
have qualms ,
hear ,
ken ,
know ,
learn ,
look black ,
lower ,
make an arrest ,
make out ,
master ,
menace ,
misgive ,
nab ,
net ,
penetrate ,
perceive ,
pick up ,
pinch ,
portend ,
possess ,
preapprehend ,
prehend ,
prevision ,
pull in ,
put under arrest ,
read ,
realize ,
recognize ,
respond ,
respond to stimuli ,
run in ,
savvy ,
see ,
seize ,
seize the meaning ,
sense ,
sit upon thorns ,
smell ,
stand aghast ,
take ,
take captive ,
take in ,
take into custody ,
take prisoner ,
taste ,
threaten ,
touch ,
tumble to ,
twig ,
understand ,
visualize ,
warn ,
wot ,
wot of
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APPREHEND Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster To apprehend is to seize, either physically or mentally So to apprehend a thief is to nab him But to apprehend a confusing news story, or to apprehend a difficult concept in physics, is to understand it—that is, to "grasp" it mentally
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