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

• "Instead of dribbling the ball up where guys can pressure me, I can catch the ball out of a double-team from Shaq, become a shooter or drive," James said.
  “与以往在外线运球、被包夹不同，我将可以接到受到双人包夹的沙克分出来的球，然后选择跳投或者上篮。”詹姆斯说。
• 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。
• 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。
• He did not like to be caught out on details
  他不喜欢在细节上被人抓住把柄。
• To take a trivial instance: how scornful we are when we catch someone out telling a lie;
  举一个小实例：当我们发现某个人在说谎时，我们是多么的不屑；
• Those job seekers look to catch out companies.
  那些求职者指望着能钻公司的空子。
• How I catch myself out!
  我如何在捉弄自己呀！
• 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。
• 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。
• He tried to catch me out with his smart questions.
  他以一些巧妙的问题企图使我就范。