apprehend
verb /ˌæprɪˈhend/
/ˌæprɪˈhend/
(formal)动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they apprehend | /ˌæprɪˈhend/ /ˌæprɪˈhend/ |
| he / she / it apprehends | /ˌæprɪˈhendz/ /ˌæprɪˈhendz/ |
| past simple apprehended | /ˌæprɪˈhendɪd/ /ˌæprɪˈhendɪd/ |
| past participle apprehended | /ˌæprɪˈhendɪd/ /ˌæprɪˈhendɪd/ |
| -ing form apprehending | /ˌæprɪˈhendɪŋ/ /ˌæprɪˈhendɪŋ/ |
- apprehend somebody (of the police
警方 逮捕；拘押 - The police apprehended an armed suspect near the scene of the crime.
警方在案发现场附近逮捕了一名持械疑犯。 - The thief was apprehended in the act of stealing a car.
窃贼在偷汽车时当场被（警察）抓住。
- The police apprehended an armed suspect near the scene of the crime.
- apprehend something (old-fashioned) to understand or recognize something
理解；认识到；领会 - He was slow to apprehend danger.
他没有意识到危险。
- He was slow to apprehend danger.
词源late Middle English (originally in the sense ‘grasp, get hold of (physically or mentally)’): from French appréhender or Latin apprehendere, from ad- ‘towards’ + prehendere ‘lay hold of’.