catch on

英 [kætʃ ɒn]

美 [kætʃ ɑːn]

明白; 懂得; 认识到; 时兴; 流行

TOEFL

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

• 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。
• Eddie slipped the safety catch on his automatic back into place.
  埃迪将自动步枪的保险栓重新拉上。
• 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。
• How did her dress catch on a nail?
  她的衣服怎么钩到钉子上了？
• He didn't catch on to what you had implied.
  他没有理解你话中隐含的意思。
• 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。
• At first I didn't catch on, then I suddenly saw the light.
  始而不解，继而恍然。
• 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。
• The catch on that door is broken.
  那门上的挂钩断了。
• You will catch on quickly to the unique mix of formality and structure.
  你很快就会了解形式和结构间独特的混合。