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apprehend

ap-prehend(抓住)


v.逮捕 arrest

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

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

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.應該指摘的

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
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
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)]
The city will appropriate funds for the new airport.
該市將撥款建造新機場。

v.盜用
The manager was found to have appropriated store money.
那位經理曾經挪用店裡的錢。

 

 

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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  • dear xination,

    approbation 要改成n. ^___^
  • OK

    xinationreplied on 2010/02/25 23:03

  • v.讚許 An expression of warm approval; praise. 這個沒改到... 88
  • ok

    xinationreplied on 2010/02/25 23:16

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