apprehensive
英[æprɪ'hensɪv]
美[,æprɪ'hɛnsɪv]
英英释意
- 1. quick to understand;
- "a kind and apprehensive friend"- Nathaniel Hawthorne
- 2. mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc; worried;
- "anxious parents"
- "anxious about her job"
- "not used to a city and anxious about small things"
- "felt apprehensive about the consequences"
- 3. in fear or dread of possible evil or harm;
- "apprehensive for one's life"
- "apprehensive of danger"