apprehension
忧虑,顾虑,担忧,担心
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Definitions
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- : anticipation of adversity or misfortune; suspicion or fear of future trouble or evil.
- : the faculty or act of apprehending or understanding; perception on a direct and immediate level.
- : acceptance of or receptivity to information without passing judgment on its validity, often without complete comprehension.
- : a view, opinion, or idea on any subject.
- : the act of arresting; seizure: Police apprehension of the burglar was aided by two alert teenagers.
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Examples
Though shy at first, I learned to convey emotions without apprehension.
Winner was also left with no time to strategize with a lawyer before her speedy apprehension, she noted.
There seemed to have been a lot of apprehension about the blue wave—and we didn’t quite get the blue wave, if you will.
It’s an inevitability of the pandemic, and it’s a constant source of apprehension.
At the time, there was mild apprehension—but much changed that week.
There may even be a physiological basis to our apprehension about the “other.”
Did you have any apprehension as far as playing Nancy again?
They never procure them without exertion, and they never indulge in them without apprehension.
Soon Arab-American and Muslim-American groups joined in expressing their apprehension.
Of course, there is plenty to celebrate, but there is an unmistakable sense of apprehension hanging over the anniversary.
The mother played her accompaniments and at the same time watched her daughter with greedy admiration and nervous apprehension.
Hilda took the letter with apprehension, as she recognized the down-slanting calligraphy of Sarah Gailey.