apprehend

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ap·pre·hend /ˌæprɪˈhend/ verb [transitive]  1  formalCATCH if the police apprehend a criminal, they catch him or her 逮捕，拘捕 SYN arrest The police have failed to apprehend the culprits. 警方未能拘捕罪犯。► see thesaurus at catch2  old-fashioned to understand something 了解，明白 They were slow to apprehend the danger. 他们未能迅速意识到危险。→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

apprehend• But agents say that the longer the immigrants are on foot, the greater the chance of them being apprehended.• I would have a certain amount to lose in terms of reputation were I to be apprehended.• William Swain lived out the tensions that Jody only dimly apprehends.• The two men were later apprehended after they robbed another store.• Talk of molecules does not undermine the reality of consciously apprehended beauty and meaning.• Not that the organs of perception apprehended it at the time.• Agents at the Interstate 8 station apprehended more than 3,100 undocumented workers.• After several days however, with nobody apprehended, the papers indulged in a little poetic licence.Origin apprehend (1300-1400) Latin apprehendere “to take hold of”, from ad- “to” + prehendere “to seize”

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apprehend
ap‧pre‧hend /ˌæprɪˈhend/ verb [transitive]1. formal if the police apprehend a criminal, they catch him or her
   SYN  arrest:
    The police have failed to apprehend the culprits.
2. old-fashioned to understand something:
    They were slow to apprehend the danger.
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ catch to stop someone who is trying to escape, especially by running after them and then holding them: He raced after her, but he couldn’t catch her. | The police caught the bank robbers after a car chase through the city.
   ▪ arrest if the police arrest someone, they take him or her to a police station because they think that person has done something illegal: Wayne was arrested for dangerous driving. | The police arrested him and charged him with murder.
   ▪ apprehend formal if the police apprehend someone they think has done something illegal, they catch him or her: The two men were later apprehended after they robbed another store. | The killers were never apprehended. | All of the kidnappers were apprehended and convicted.
   ▪ capture to catch an enemy or a criminal in order to keep them as a prisoner: The French king was captured by the English at the battle of Poitiers in 1356. | The gunmen were finally captured after a shoot-out with the police.
   ▪ take somebody prisoner to catch someone, especially in a war, in order to keep them as a prisoner: 350 soldiers were killed and another 300 taken prisoner. | Ellison was taken prisoner by the Germans during the retreat to Dunkirk.
   ▪ trap to make someone go to a place from which they cannot escape, especially by using your skill and intelligence: Police trapped the man inside a bar on the city’s southside.
   ▪ corner to force someone into a place from which they cannot escape: He was cornered outside the school by three gang members.

ap·pre·hendBrE /ˌæprɪˈhend/ 🔊NAmE /ˌæprɪˈhend/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they apprehend BrE /ˌæprɪˈhend/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌæprɪˈhend/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it apprehends BrE /ˌæprɪˈhendz/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌæprɪˈhendz/ 🔊past simple apprehended BrE /ˌæprɪˈhendɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌæprɪˈhendɪd/ 🔊past participle apprehended BrE /ˌæprɪˈhendɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌæprɪˈhendɪd/ 🔊 -ing form apprehending BrE /ˌæprɪˈhendɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌæprɪˈhendɪŋ/ 🔊 (formal) ~ sb (of the police 警方) to catch sb and arrest them 逮捕；拘押~ sth (old-fashioned) to understand or recognize sth 理解；认识到；领会