catch out

英 [kætʃ aʊt]

美 [kætʃ aʊt]

使原形毕露; 抓住…的短处

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 使原形毕露;抓住…的短处
  Tocatchsomeoneoutmeans to cause them to make a mistake that reveals that they are lying about something, do not know something, or cannot do something.
  1. Detectives followed him for months hoping to catch him out in some deception...
     侦探们跟踪了他几个月，希望能当场抓住他行骗。
  2. He did not like to be caught out on details...
     他不喜欢在细节上被人抓住把柄。
  3. The government has been caught out by the speed of events.
     事情发展之迅速暴露了政府的无能。

英英释义

verb

• trap
  1. He was caught out
  2. She was found out when she tried to cash the stolen checks
  Synonym:find out

双语例句

• The third time I figured it must be the cat, and decided to catch him out, so set the camera up and left it going all day, 'he wrote.
  第三次我猜想准是猫咪干的，并且决定要抓它现形。所有我就架好了摄像机，让它一整天都在自动摄影。
• How I catch myself out! If you do it yourself, it should take only about half an hour.
  我如何在捉弄自己呀！如自行处理，仅需半小时。
• Watch out that you don't catch cold, going out in the pouring rain.
  冒着瓢泼大雨出去，当心感冒。
• Sedco was one of the world's largest international marine drilling contractors. Those job seekers look to catch out companies.
  赛德公司是世界上最大的钻采承包商。那些求职者指望着能钻公司的空子。
• Men can never catch women checking out other men; women will always catch men checking out other women.
  男人永远不会察觉女人注视着其他男人，而女人总能察觉男人注视着其他女人。
• The government has been caught out by the speed of events.
  事情发展之迅速暴露了政府的无能。
• How I catch myself out!
  我如何在捉弄自己呀！
• He's going to catch a cold out there.
  在外面他会着凉的。
• I hope I do not oversleep. I've simply got to catch the first flight out.
  我希望我不要睡过头，我要赶第一趟班机。
• Fishing for flashcards use a fishing pole with a magnet and try to catch the flashcard called out by the teacher.
  小朋友们把老师说出来的单词或短语用钓鱼杆把相应的图片钓起来。