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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• How I catch myself out!
  我如何在捉弄自己呀！
• 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。
• 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。
• He's going to catch a cold out there.
  在外面他会着凉的。