apprehensive的词源

英文词源

apprehensive (adj.)

late 14c., "capable of perceiving, fitted for mental impression," from Medieval Latin apprehensivus, from Latin apprehensus, past participle of apprehendere (see apprehend). Meaning "fearful of what is to come" is recorded from 1718, via notion of "capable of grasping with the mind" (c. 1600). Related: Apprehensively; apprehensiveness.

中文词源

apprehensive：担心的，恐惧的，焦虑的；善于领会的，敏悟的；知晓的，有认识力的

词根词缀： ap-临近 + -prehens-抓住 + -ive形容词词尾

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