| 单词 | catch off guard |
| 释义 | catch off guardcatch off guard 1 catch somebody off guard, catch somebody napping/unawares catch somebody by surprise (also catch somebody on the hop British EnglishBrE)EXPECT to do something or to happen when someone is not expecting it or prepared for it 使某人吃惊，使某人措手不及 Her question caught him off guard. 她的问题让他措手不及。 Examples from the Corpus catch somebody by surprise, catch somebody off guard, catch somebody napping/unawares• My pregnancy caught us by surprise, but we're happy about it.• The public's reaction obviously caught the governor off guard. → catch somebody by surprise, catch somebody off guard, catch somebody napping/unawares at catch1(1) 2 READYto surprise someone by doing something that they are not ready to deal with 趁某人不备，使某人猝不及防 Senator O'Hare was caught off guard by the question. 这个问题让奥黑尔参议员猝不及防。 Examples from the Corpus catch/throw somebody off guard• Could the upper management of a leading firm like Merrill Lynch be caught so entirely off guard?• The president faces issues that can catch him off guard and undermine his authority.• Penelope flinched, angry at her thoughts, and at the girl who had caught her off guard.• I said it suddenly like that, just blurted it out, and I guess it caught him off guard.• The question caught Firebug off guard.• She really caught me off guard with her comments.• This caught me completely off guard.• The words caught him off guard. → catch/throw somebody off guard at guard1(2) |
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