apprehensive
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ap·pre·hen·sive /ˌæprɪˈhensɪv◂/ ●○○ adjective WORRIEDworried or nervous about something that you are going to do, or about the future 〔对将做的事或对未来〕忧虑的，担心的apprehensive about/of We’d been a little apprehensive about their visit. 我们对他们的来访一直有些不安。apprehensive that I was apprehensive that something would go wrong. 我担心会出错。 Some had apprehensive looks on their faces. 有些人面带愁容。► see thesaurus at worried —apprehensively adverb ‘What’s wrong?’ I asked apprehensively. “怎么了？”我担心地问道。
Examples from the Corpus
apprehensive• Twenty minutes in his company had left Merrill feeling stretched and apprehensive.• I must admit that before my baby was born I was very apprehensive about motherhood.• No one need be apprehensive about their personal safety; everything is under control.• Afterward the architects agreed that they had been very apprehensive about what it would look like.• What were the neighbors and zoning board apprehensive about?• And she felt just as apprehensive as she always did here.• Although a little apprehensive at first of steering such a large boat, we settled into it remarkably quickly.• Anne waved her off, watching, nervous and apprehensive, from the upstairs window.• Dr Gottlieb reassures apprehensive patients that the operation is a simple procedure.• The Secret Service gets apprehensive when people even walk on this part of the colonnade.apprehensive that• They were deeply involved in the welfare of their families - apprehensive that something might go wrong.ap·pre·hen·sive adjectiveChineseSyllable
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apprehensive
ap‧pre‧hen‧sive /ˌæprɪˈhensɪv◂/
adjective
worried or nervous about something that you are going to do, or about the future
apprehensive about/of
We’d been a little apprehensive about their visit.
apprehensive that
I was apprehensive that something would go wrong.
Some had apprehensive looks on their faces.
—apprehensively adverb:
‘What’s wrong?’ I asked apprehensively.
▪ worried not feeling happy or relaxed because you keep thinking about a problem or something bad that might happen: I was worried that you had forgotten our date. | It’s awful if you are worried about money. | I was so worried that I couldn’t sleep at all.
▪anxious worried because you think something bad might happen or has happened. Anxious is more formal than worried, and is often used about a general feeling of worry, when you are not sure what has happened: A lot of employees are anxious about their jobs. | Anxious relatives waited for news.
▪nervous worried or frightened about something you are going to do or experience, and unable to relax: Everyone feels nervous before an exam. | The thought of going into hospital was making me nervous.
▪uneasy a little worried because you feel there may be something wrong and you are not sure what is going to happen: When she still wasn’t home by midnight, I began to feel uneasy. | The total silence was making me feel uneasy.
▪concerned formal worried, usually about a problem affecting someone else or affecting the country or the world: Many people are concerned about the current economic situation. | Police say that they are concerned for the safety of the missing girl.
▪bothered [not before noun] worried by something that happens – often used in negative sentences: She didn’t seem particularly bothered by the news.
▪troubled very worried, so that you think about something a lot: She fell into a troubled sleep. | a troubled expression | ‘Are you okay, Ben? You look troubled.’
▪apprehensive especially written a little worried about something you are going to do, or about the future, because you are not sure what it will be like: I felt a bit apprehensive about seeing him again after so long.
▪stressed (out) informal very worried and tired because of problems, too much work etc, and unable to relax or enjoy life: He’d been working ten hours a day for ages and was stressed out. | an extremely stressed single mother
ap‧pre‧hen‧sive /ˌæprɪˈhensɪv◂/
adjectiveworried or nervous about something that you are going to do, or about the future
apprehensive about/of
apprehensive that
—apprehensively adverb:
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