apprehend
- v. 理解
- v. 担心
- v. 逮捕
- Definition
- v. to understand something
- v. to feel anxious about something
- v. to arrest someone
- Example
- Police managed to apprehend the thief near the train station.
- 警方在火车站附近成功抓获了那个小偷。
Synonyms & Differences 近义词辨析
Compared meaning: to catch and take someone into police custody (verb).
比较义项：逮捕（动词）。
- arrest
The most common, neutral term for taking someone into police custody by legal authority; used in everyday news and formal contexts alike, and works as both a verb and a noun.
最常用、最中性正式的说法，指依法将某人拘捕；日常新闻和正式场合都适用，既可作动词也可作名词。
Police arrested the suspect at his home early this morning.
警方今天清晨在嫌疑人家中将其逮捕。
- apprehend 本词
More formal and bureaucratic than arrest, common in official reports and news headlines; emphasizes finally catching a suspect who was being actively sought or was on the run.
比 arrest 更正式、更书面化，常见于官方报道和新闻标题，强调抓获一名正在被通缉或在逃的嫌疑人。
Detectives finally apprehended the fugitive after a three-day manhunt.
经过三天的搜捕，警探终于抓获了那名在逃嫌犯。
- nab
An informal, colloquial word suggesting a quick, clever or lucky catch, often of a thief or minor offender; it never appears in formal, legal or official writing.
非正式口语词，暗示迅速、巧妙或幸运地抓获某人，常用于描述抓小偷等轻微违法者，不用于正式或法律文本。
Security guards managed to nab the shoplifter before he left the store.
保安在小偷离开商店之前将他抓住了。
Arrest, apprehend, and nab all mean to catch someone by police authority. Arrest is the most common, neutral word. Apprehend is more formal, common in official reports and news, and stresses catching a wanted suspect. Nab is informal, suggesting a quick or lucky catch.
这三个词都表示依法抓获、拘捕某人，但语体和语气不同：arrest 是最常用、最中性正式的说法；apprehend 更书面正式，常见于官方报道，强调抓获被通缉的嫌疑人；nab 是非正式口语词，带有迅速、巧妙或幸运抓获的意味，多用于描述抓小偷等场景。