apprehend

英 [ˌæprɪˈhend]

美 [ˌæprɪˈhend]

v.  逮捕; 拘押; 理解; 认识到; 领会

过去分词：apprehended　现在分词：apprehending　过去式：apprehended　第三人称单数：apprehends　

考研TOEFLGRETEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.13950 / COCA.11622

牛津词典

verb

• 逮捕；拘押
  to catch sb and arrest them
• 理解；认识到；领会
  to understand or recognize sth

柯林斯词典

• VERB 逮捕；拘押
  If the policeapprehendsomeone, they catch them and arrest them.
  1. Police have not apprehended her killer.
     警察还未抓获谋杀她的凶手。
• VERB 了解;明白
  If youapprehendsomething, you understand it fully.
  1. Only now can I begin to apprehend the power of these forces.
     直到现在我才真正了解这些队伍的力量。

英英释义

verb

• get the meaning of something
  1. Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?
  Synonym:grokget the picturecomprehendsavvydiggraspcompass
• take into custody
  1. the police nabbed the suspected criminals
  Synonym:collarnailarrestpick upnabcop
• anticipate with dread or anxiety
  Synonym:quail at

双语例句

• This will help them to apprehend the rapist.
  这将有助于警察逮捕强奸犯。
• We are now doing everything in our power to apprehend and identify the gunmen.
  我们现在所做的就是用我们的力量去抓住并且确认枪手。
• I would try to understand the conversation by watching the captions, so as to apprehend it better.
  在看的过程中，我会努力的去听里面人物的对话，去看屏幕上的字幕，以便能够更好的理解它。
• She was quick to apprehend the extent of the disaster.
  她很快意识到了灾难的严重程度。
• You are, I apprehend, ready to renew the contract.
  据我理解，你愿意续订这个合同。
• Even if such people managed to apprehend our physical bodies.
  即使抓住了我们的肉体。
• The police are anxious to apprehend a middle-aged man believed to be armed with a gun.
  警察急于逮捕一名确信携有枪支的中年人。
• I completely fail to apprehend why you're behaving like this.
  我完全无法理解你为什么要表现得如此。
• The research proves that pets can apprehend danger.
  研究表明，宠物能够感知危险。
• It is unpersuasive to apprehend that life is a sort of gambling according to his definition of destiny.
  （例子）根据他对于命运的定义来将生命理解为一种赌博是不合理的。