apprehend
ap-prehend(抓住)
v.逮捕 arrest
ex. The police are anxious to apprehend a middle-aged man believed to be armed with a gun.
警察急於逮捕一名確信攜有槍枝的中年人。
v.對...擔慮 [+that] anticipate with anxiety
ex. Do you apprehend any difficulty?
你是不是怕有什麼困難?
v.理解,領會[+that] to grasp the meaning of; understand, esp. intuitively
ex. You are, I apprehend, ready to renew the contract.
據我理解,你願意續訂這個合同。
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字根 pris == seize
prehand
prison n.監獄 v.監禁
prisoner n.囚犯
prehensile adj.有理解力的、[動物]適於抓握的
prehension n.理解
apprehend v.理解、逮捕、對...擔慮
apprehens-ible adj.能理解的
apprehens-ive adj.善於理解的、憂慮的,恐懼的
apprehens-ion n.理解、逮捕、擔慮
comprehend v.理解
comprehensible adj.能理解的
comprehensive adj.廣泛的;無所不包的
comprehension n.理解
reprehensive adj.嚴責的
reprehensible adj.應該指責的
reprehension n.譴責
reprisal n.軍事報復 [retaliation against an enemy by the infliction of equal or greater injuries]
re-(back) + pris(seize) + al -->take back,而原意是
"seizing property or citizens of another nation in retaliation for loss inflicted on one's own"
而後來的就通稱為軍事報復
reprise n.[音樂] (奏鳴曲形式的)再現部 [a return to the first theme or subject.]
最早的意思是:每年從地產中扣除的稅金。
"yearly deduction from charges upon a manor or estate,"
字根解同上,taking back。
在音樂上解釋則是後來的發展。
apprise v.告知、通知 [to seize the information]
[特]apprentice n.學徒、徒弟
也是從prehens演化而來的:
中世紀的英文ap(p)rentis << 拉丁文 apprehensus
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apprehensive
adj.善於理解的、憂慮的,恐懼的
apprentice
n.學徒、徒弟
apprise
v.告知,通知
ex.to be apprised of the death of an old friend.
approach
v.接近,靠近
v.著手處理,開始對付
ex. He approached the question as a scientist.
他從科學家的角度來處理這一問題。
n.方法
approbation
ap-prob(prove)-ation
n.許可,認可,核准 [official approval ]
ex. We have not yet received the approbation of the Minister for carrying out the plan.
我們尚未得到部長的批准,讓我們實施該項計劃。
n.讚許 [An expression of warm approval; praise.]
appropriate
adj.適當的
v.撥出款項 [(+for)]
ex. The city will appropriate funds for the new airport.
該市將撥款建造新機場。
v.盜用
ex. The manager was found to have appropriated store money.
那位經理曾經挪用店裡的錢。
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proper adj.適當的
propr-iety n.適當 // im-propr-iet-y n.不適當
proper-ty n.財產
propr-ietary adj.私有的
expropriate v.沒收、徵用 [使失去所有權]
ap-propr-iate adj.適當的 v.撥出款項 v.盜用
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