He was rather apprehensive of failure.是什么意思？

He was rather apprehensive of failure.

他相当害怕失败.

he

pron. 他，它，一个人；n. 雄性动物；

例句
Logic had prevailed and he had abandoned the idea.
最终理智占了上风，他打消了那个念头。

was

v. 用来表示某人或某物即主语本身，用来表示某人或某物属于某一群体或有某种性质（ be的过去式 ），在，存在，不受干扰；

例句
There was a terrible sadness in her eyes...
她眼神中流露出深深的悲伤。

rather

adv. 稍微，有点，相当，颇，宁愿，相反地；int. 当然啦，怎么不；

例句
These wines may taste rather hard and somewhat acid.
这些酒可能喝着比较冲并且有股酸味。

apprehensive

adj. 忧虑的，有理解力的，惶惑；

例句
People are still terribly apprehensive about the future.
人们对于将来仍然非常担心。

of

prep. 关于，属于…的，由…制成；aux. 助动词 [非标准用语、方言] =have [主用于虚拟语气]；

例句
He did have a real knowledge of the country...
他对该国的确知之甚多。

failure

n. 失败，不及格，缺乏，不足，破产，倒闭，失败的事，失败者；

例句
This was clearly a failure by someone who thought he was above failure...
这显然是认为自己根本不会失败的人所遭遇的一次失败。