Someone who is apprehensive is afraid that something bad may happen.
例句
People are still terribly apprehensive about the future.人們對于將來仍然非常擔心。
英漢詞典釋義
adj.
不安的;害怕的;擔心的;恐懼的;焦慮的
He was rather apprehensive of failure.他相當害怕失敗。She was deeply apprehensive about her future.她對未來感到非常擔心。The long delay had made me quite apprehensive.長時間的耽擱使我相當焦慮。
英英詞典釋義
Adjective
1. quick to understand;
"a kind and apprehensive friend"- Nathaniel Hawthorne
2. mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc; worried;
"anxious parents""anxious about her job""not used to a city and anxious about small things""felt apprehensive about the consequences"
3. in fear or dread of possible evil or harm;
"apprehensive for one's life""apprehensive of danger"