apprehensive

英 [ˌæp.rɪˈhen.sɪv]      美 [ˌæp.rəˈhen.sɪv]
  • adj. 忧虑的;不安的;敏悟的;知晓的
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将“apprehensive”分解为“apprehen”和“sive”,其中“apprehen”类似于“apprehend”(逮捕、理解),想象自己捕抓到了“担忧”的情感,而“sive”可以联想到“sieve”(筛子),就像筛子一样,满是担心和疑虑的小颗粒。通过这样的联想,可以帮助记忆单词“apprehensive”意为担忧的、焦虑的。

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apprehensive (adj.)
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.
1. People are still terribly apprehensive about the future.
人们对于将来仍然非常担心。
2. I was a little apprehensive about the effects of what I had said.
我有点担忧我说的话的后果。
3. He was rather apprehensive of failure.
他相当害怕失败.
4. She was deeply apprehensive about her future.
她对未来感到非常担心.
5. The long delay had made me quite apprehensive.
长时间的耽搁使我相当焦虑.

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