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

• 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。
• 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。
• I hope I do not oversleep. I've simply got to catch the first flight out.
  我希望我不要睡过头，我要赶第一趟班机。
• 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。
• 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。
• "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。
• How I catch myself out!
  我如何在捉弄自己呀！
• 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。
• 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。
• Fishing for flashcards use a fishing pole with a magnet and try to catch the flashcard called out by the teacher.
  小朋友们把老师说出来的单词或短语用钓鱼杆把相应的图片钓起来。