Catch on 还是 catch out？

 　　如果你能够catch on这些动词短语的意思，你就不会被caught out。看看今天的英语点滴来学习一下这些动词短语的意思吧。

　　Catch可以表达抓住某些正在移动或试图逃跑的东西。

　　Did¹ you see the bird catch the prey²?

　　你看到那只鸟捕捉猎物了吗？

　　The police³ caught the thief⁴.

　　警察抓住了窃贼。

　　如果某样东西catches on则表示它开始受欢迎。

　　No one expected⁵ text⁶ messaging to catch on.

　　没有人预料到短信或流行起来。

　　如果你catch on某事，意思为你明白了某事。

　　It took⁷ me awhile to catch on but now I know how to do it.

　　这花费了我很长时间去了解但是现在我知道怎样做了。

　　To be caught out 的意思是被发现犯了错误。

　　Don't get caught out by the speed⁸ camera.

　　别被高速相机抓拍到犯错误。

1 did   

v.动词do的过去式

参考例句：

• How many goals did you score in the last game?上一场比赛你们进了几个球？
• Why did you choose basketball in the first place?你为何首先选择篮球呢？

2 prey   

n.被掠食者，牺牲者，掠食；v.捕食，掠夺，折磨

参考例句：

• Stronger animals prey on weaker ones.弱肉强食。
• The lion was hunting for its prey.狮子在寻找猎物。

3 police   

n.警察，警察当局，治安，公安；vt.维持治安，警备，管辖

参考例句：

• They sent him over to the police.他们将他遣送警察局。
• It took the police only several days to break the case.警察只用了几天就破案了。

4 thief   

n.贼；小偷

参考例句：

• He saw the thief running away.他看见贼逃走了。
• The thief broke the window and got into the house.那个窃贼打破窗子，进入屋内。

5 expected   

adj.（用作定语）预期要发生的，期待中的v.期望( expect的过去式和过去分词 )；预料；要求；认为（某事）会发生

参考例句：

• The company has a strict dress code—all male employees are expected to wear suits. 公司有严格的着装规定—所有男职员都要穿西服。
• The bargain prices are expected to entice customers away from other stores. 低廉的价格意在把顾客从其他商店吸引过来。

6 text   

n.本文，文件，正文，课文；vt./vi.发短信

参考例句：

• You will find the text anywhere in the Bible.你可在《圣经》某处找到这段经文。
• The teacher asked the students to copy out the text.老师让同学们抄写课文。

7 took   

vt.带，载(take的过去式)

参考例句：

• I took my dog for a walk along the river.我带着狗沿那条河散步。
• It took me about two hours to cook the meat.我花了大约两个小时来煮这些肉。

8 speed   

vt./vi（sped,sped,speeded,speeded）加快；飞跑；n.速度

参考例句：

• The car was running at high speed.汽车急速地向前行驶。
• We'll never get there if he doesn't speed up. 如果他不快些走，我们一定到不了那里。