apprehend

vt. 理解, 忧虑, 逮捕
vi. 担心, 理解
【法】 理解, 领悟, 逮捕

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

ap.pre.hend

v.（动词）
ap.pre.hend.ed,ap.pre.hend.ing,ap.pre.hends
v.tr.（及物动词）
To take into custody; arrest:
逮捕：置于监禁中；逮捕：
例句：
apprehended the murderer.
逮捕凶手

To grasp mentally; understand:
了解，领悟：从精神上把握；理解：
例句：
a candidate who apprehends the significance of geopolitical issues.
一个了解地域政治事件重要性的候选人

To become conscious of, as through the emotions or senses; perceive.
观察：使意识到，如通过情感或感觉；察觉
v.intr.（不及物动词）
To understand something.
领会：理解某些东西

来源：
Middle English apprehenden
中古英语 apprehenden
from Old French apprehender
源自 古法语 apprehender
from Latin apprehendere [to seize]
源自 拉丁语 apprehendere [攫取]
ad- [ad-]
ad- [前缀，表.朝，向.]
prehendere [to grasp] * see ghend-
prehendere [抓住] *参见 ghend-

<参考词汇><同义词>apprehend,comprehend,understand,graspThese verbs are compared as they denote perception of the nature and significance of something.
在意指对自然及某些事物的感知时，这些动词作比较。
Apprehend can imply awareness or consciousness that comes through the emotions or senses:
Apprehend 能够意指来源于情感或感觉的认识或自我意识：
例句：
.We should not pretend to understand the world only by the intellect; we apprehend it just as much by feeling. (Carl Jung).
.我们不应假装仅通过智力理解世界；我们通过感觉理解得一样多. （卡尔·荣格）。

Apprehend also denotes taking in with the mind:
Apprehend 也意指心灵的接受：
例句：
.Intelligence is quickness to apprehend. (Alfred North Whitehead). Both
.情报很快会捕获的. （阿尔弗雷德·诺思·怀特黑德）。

comprehend and understand stress complete realization and knowledge:
Comprehend
.To comprehend is to know a thing as well as that thing can be known. (John Donne).
Apprehend 都强调完全的认识和知识：
例句：
.理解就是以一件事物所能被认识的程度去认识. （约翰·多恩）。

例句：
.No one who has not had the responsibility can really understand what it is like to be President. (Harry S Truman). To
.没有总统的责任感的人不会理解作总统的情形. （哈里·S·杜鲁门）。

grasp is to seize and hold an idea firmly:
grasp 是指紧紧地抓住和保持一种想法。
例句：
.We have grasped the mystery of the atom and rejected the Sermon on the Mount. (Omar N. Bradley).
.我们已经把握了原子的神秘本质，并拒绝‘登山宝训’. （奥马尔·N·布拉德利）