| 单词 | catch sb unawares |
| 释义 | catch sb unawarescatch sb unawares 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 EXPECTif something takes you unawares, it happens when you are not expecting it and are not prepared 让某人措手不及 The question caught me completely unawares. 那个问题问得我措手不及。 Examples from the Corpus take/catch somebody unawares• I was caught unawares by his kiss. → take/catch somebody unawares at unawares(1) |
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