understand, comprehend, appreciate, apprehend, grasp

動詞 apprehend:

1. get the meaning of something
   同義詞：grok, get the picture, comprehend, savvy, dig, grasp, compass
2. take into custody
   同義詞：collar, nail, arrest, pick up, nab, cop
3. anticipate with dread or anxiety
   同義詞：quail at

1. Do you apprehend there will be any difficulty?
   你怕有任何困難嗎？
2. He can't apprehend the real nature of change.
   他不能理解變革的真實性質(zhì)。
3. I can't apprehend your meaning.
   我不明白你的意思。

ap.pre.hend

v.（動詞）
ap.pre.hend.ed,ap.pre.hend.ing,ap.pre.hends
v.tr.（及物動詞）
To take into custody; arrest:
逮捕：置于監(jiān)禁中；逮捕：
例句：
apprehended the murderer.
逮捕兇手

To grasp mentally; understand:
了解，領(lǐng)悟：從精神上把握；理解：
例句：
a candidate who apprehends the significance of geopolitical issues.
一個了解地域政治事件重要性的候選人

To become conscious of, as through the emotions or senses; perceive.
觀察：使意識到，如通過情感或感覺；察覺
v.intr.（不及物動詞）
To understand something.
領(lǐng)會：理解某些東西

來源：
Middle English apprehenden
中古英語 apprehenden
from Old French apprehender
源自 古法語 apprehender
from Latin apprehendere [to seize]
源自 拉丁語 apprehendere [攫取]
ad- [ad-]
ad- [前綴，表.朝，向.]
prehendere [to grasp] * see ghend-
prehendere [抓住] *參見 ghend-

<參考詞匯><同義詞>apprehend,comprehend,understand,graspThese verbs are compared as they denote perception of the nature and significance of something.
在意指對自然及某些事物的感知時，這些動詞作比較。
Apprehend can imply awareness or consciousness that comes through the emotions or senses:
Apprehend 能夠意指來源于情感或感覺的認(rèn)識或自我意識：
例句：
.We should not pretend to understand the world only by the intellect; we apprehend it just as much by feeling. (Carl Jung).
.我們不應(yīng)假裝僅通過智力理解世界；我們通過感覺理解得一樣多. （卡爾·榮格）。

Apprehend also denotes taking in with the mind:
Apprehend 也意指心靈的接受：
例句：
.Intelligence is quickness to apprehend. (Alfred North Whitehead). Both
.情報很快會捕獲的. （阿爾弗雷德·諾思·懷特黑德）。

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 都強調(diào)完全的認(rèn)識和知識：
例句：
.理解就是以一件事物所能被認(rèn)識的程度去認(rèn)識. （約翰·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
.沒有總統(tǒng)的責(zé)任感的人不會理解作總統(tǒng)的情形. （哈里·S·杜魯門）。

grasp is to seize and hold an idea firmly:
grasp 是指緊緊地抓住和保持一種想法。
例句：
.We have grasped the mystery of the atom and rejected the Sermon on the Mount. (Omar N. Bradley).
.我們已經(jīng)把握了原子的神秘本質(zhì)，并拒絕‘登山寶訓(xùn)’. （奧馬爾·N·布拉德利）