Someone who is apprehensive is afraid that something bad may happen.
例句
People are still terribly apprehensive about the future.人们对于将来仍然非常担心。
英汉词典释义
adj.
不安的;害怕的;担心的;恐惧的;焦虑的
He was rather apprehensive of failure.他相当害怕失败。She was deeply apprehensive about her future.她对未来感到非常担心。The long delay had made me quite apprehensive.长时间的耽搁使我相当焦虑。
英英词典释义
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"