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.- 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。 - He did not like to be caught out on details...
他不喜欢在细节上被人抓住把柄。 - 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。
- Detectives followed him for months hoping to catch him out in some deception...
英英释义
verb
- trap
- He was caught out
- She was found out when she tried to cash the stolen checks
双语例句
- Instead of buying a plane ticket, catch a ride out West, or remodel an old sailboat, or just hop on your bike and ride away from town.
不买机票,而骑马穿越西部;或者改造一条旧船,或者干脆骑上你的单车出外远行。 - See if I can catch him out making a drop.
看看我能否抓到他一点线索。 - You have some good arguments, but I think I can catch you out on some mistakes of fact.
你有些很好的论据,不过我想我还是能够找出你有某些事实上的错误。 - Don't let the oil crunch catch us out in the way the credit crunch did.
让我们在面对石油危机时,不要像面对信贷危机那样手足无措。 - Not only are winning times more accurately recorded, but cheating athletes are easier to catch out.
不仅选手所用的比赛时间可以精确地记录下来,而且还可很容易地揪出舞弊者。 - If you catch yourself mentally checked out, Donoghue suggests simply chiming in with something like, I didn't quite fully understand what you're saying; could you repeat?
如果你发现自己走神了,Donoghue建议说些像这样的话,我没有完全理解你说的,你能再重复一遍吗? - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - To take a trivial instance: how scornful we are when we catch someone out telling a lie; but who can say that he has never told not one, but a hundred?
举一个小例子来说:当觉察到别人说谎时,我们是多么地蔑视他啊!但是,谁能够说自从未说过谎?可能还不止一百次呢。