apprehend
verb (formal)- apprehend somebody
(of the police 警方 to catch somebody and arrest them 逮捕；拘押 The police apprehended an armed suspect near the scene of the crime. 警方在案发现场附近逮捕了一名持械疑犯。 The thief was apprehended in the act of stealing a car. 窃贼在偷汽车时当场被（警察）抓住。
- apprehend something (old-fashioned)
to understand or recognize something 理解；认识到；领会 He was slow to apprehend danger. 他没有意识到危险。
Word Originlate Middle English (originally in the sense ‘grasp, get hold of (physically or mentally)’): from French appréhender or Latin apprehendere, from ad- ‘towards’ + prehendere ‘lay hold of’.