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

• 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。
• Those job seekers look to catch out companies.
  那些求职者指望着能钻公司的空子。
• Securities linked to equity returns will never be quite the same as bonds, says Mr Reynolds of Courtiers. They might look like bonds – but every now and again things can catch you out.
  与股票回报相关的证券永远都不会和债券完全一样，Courtiers的雷诺兹表示，它们可能看起来像是债券&但时不时会出现意外情况。
• 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。
• Before use, the medicine taken is scheduled, and when in use, pull out the catch and pour out the given quantity of pills through the medicine port for emergency use.
  使用前预定取药数量，使用时拔出拉手，经管壁出药口倒出限量药丸，以便急救服用。
• He's going to catch a cold out there.
  在外面他会着凉的。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。