catch on

英 [kætʃ ɒn]

美 [kætʃ ɑːn]

明白; 懂得; 认识到; 时兴; 流行

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柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 明白;认识到
  If youcatch on tosomething, you understand it, or realize that it is happening.
  1. He got what he could out of me before I caught on to the kind of person he'd turned into...
     我还没有意识到他已经变成了那样的人，他就已经从我这儿把能套走的都套走了。
  2. Wait a minute! I'm beginning to catch on.
     等一下！我开始有点懂了。
• PHRASAL VERB 时兴;流行
  If somethingcatches on, it becomes popular.
  1. The idea has been around for ages without catching on.
     这个观点已经提出来有年头了，可是一直没被广泛接受。

英英释义

verb

• become popular
  1. This fashion caught on in Paris
• understand, usually after some initial difficulty
  1. She didn't know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on
  Synonym:get wiseget ontotumblelatch oncotton ontwigget it

双语例句

• The lady repeated her question several times but I still couldn't catch on.
  那位女士把她的问题重复了好几遍，但是我还是没听懂。
• It's hardly surprising his ideas didn't catch on
  他的想法没有被广泛接受，这并不足为奇。
• This season, the new look is the ski-pant and the question is whether it will catch on.
  这一季新出现的是滑雪裤，是否会流行起来，还是个问题。
• He got what he could out of me before I caught on to the kind of person he'd turned into
  我还没有意识到他已经变成了那样的人，他就已经从我这儿把能套走的都套走了。
• How did her dress catch on a nail?
  她的衣服怎么钩到钉子上了？
• I expect this new way of doing business will take some time to catch on.
  我希望这种新的从事工商业的方式将花一些时间普及开来。
• Howard: Well, if you work hard, you'll catch on quickly. You're hired.
  霍华德：嗯，你如果努力的话，很快就会上手。你被录取了。
• The catch on that door is broken.
  那门上的挂钩断了。
• After a few days on the job, you'll catch on to what you're doing.
  工作几天后，你就会对你的工作内容有所了解了。
• Some scares catch on: others do not.
  有些恐慌传播开了，有些则没有。