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catch obj NOTICEkAtFv [T]past caught HO:t, $kA:tto discover, see or become aware of (something, esp. someone doing something wrong)撞见, 发现He caught her reading his old love letters. [+ obj + v-ing]他撞见她在读他过去的情书。Did you catch the momentary look of surprise on her face?你注意到她脸上一时的惊讶表情了吗？I caught him (=noticed him without him wanting me to) looking at me fixedly. [+ obj + v-ing]我撞见他在死死地盯着我看。If the virus is caught (=discovered) in time, most patients can be successfully treated.要是能及时发现这种病毒，就可以治愈大多数的病人。I caught sight of / caught a glimpse of (=saw for a moment) a red coat in the crowd.我在人群中看到了一件红上衣/看了一件红上衣一眼。He was caught red-handed (=found doing something illegal) taking money from the till. [+ obj + v-ing](infml) If someone is caught napping, something happens to them which they are not prepared for.猝不及防The sudden attack caught the guards napping.卫兵们给突然袭击打了个措手不及。If someone is caught (red-handed), they are discovered while in the act of doing something bad or illegal.当场抓获He was caught red-handed taking money from the till.他在从放钱的抽屉里偷钱时给当场抓获。If you are caught with your trousers/(Am usually, Aus also) pants down, you are suddenly discovered doing something which you did not want people to know about, esp. a sexual act.被撞见（做苟且之事）He was caught with his trousers down when his wife found him kissing the piano teacher.他在亲吻钢琴教师时刚好给妻子撞见。To be caught with your trousers / (Am usually, Aus also) pants down can also mean to be unexpectedly asked to do or say something that you are not prepared for.被要求做没有准备的事They were caught with their trousers down when the police asked them where they'd been that night.当警察询问他们那天晚上到哪里去了时，他们给问了个措手不及。To be caught without something is to not have it, esp. when it might be needed.（在需要时）没有…He doesn't like to be caught without any biscuits in the house.他不喜欢屋子里不备着点饼干。If you say you won't catch someone doing something or at a place, you mean it is extremely unlikely they would do it or be at that place.（某人）不可能做…You won't catch him having a bath more than once a week.他一星期决不会洗两次澡。You won't catch her at work after four o'clock.她四点以后不会工作。
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