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

• See if you can catch Michael out with that double-headed coin.
  看看你能否抓住迈克尔用双正面硬币骗人。
• How I catch myself out!
  我如何在捉弄自己呀！
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• He did not like to be caught out on details
  他不喜欢在细节上被人抓住把柄。
• He's going to catch a cold out there.
  在外面他会着凉的。
• I'm sure the prisoner is not telling the truth; talk to him and see if you can catch him out.
  我能肯定那个囚犯在撒谎，跟他谈谈，看看能否设法揭穿他的假话。
• Those job seekers look to catch out companies.
  那些求职者指望着能钻公司的空子。
• 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。