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

• Every third Wednesday, Michael Box gets up at3:30 in the morning to catch a flight out of Perth.
  每月的第三个周三，迈克尔.伯克思都要在凌晨3：30起床，赶飞机离开珀斯。
• The examiner will try to catch you out, so stay calm and think carefully before you speak. As you view pages on the Web, you'll find information that you'd like to save for future reference or share with other people.
  主考人员想找出你的错误，所以你要保持冷静，考虑好再讲。查看网页时，会找到想保存以备将来参考或与他人共享的信息。
• The Characteristics and the trend of Zhejiang ocean fishery were forecasted by gray model which of fishing catch was worked out on fishing gears, and some views of adjusting Zhejiang ocean fishing structure were presented on the basis of these results in this paper.
  用灰色模型理论分析海洋捕捞产量，按渔具划分建立数值模型并预测浙江省捕捞业发展的特性与趋势，依据该数值模型所作的评估结果，提出了对浙江省海洋捕捞作业结构的调整意见。
• 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。
• 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。
• Those job seekers look to catch out companies.
  那些求职者指望着能钻公司的空子。
• 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。
• 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。
• How I catch myself out!
  我如何在捉弄自己呀！
• 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。