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

• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• He's going to catch a cold out there.
  在外面他会着凉的。
• 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。
• 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。
• Those job seekers look to catch out companies.
  那些求职者指望着能钻公司的空子。