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

• 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。
• The catch on my handbag is broken.
  我的手提包的扣坏了。
• At first I didn't catch on, then I suddenly saw the light.
  始而不解，继而恍然。
• You catch on fast.
  你学得很快。
• 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。
• He is no fool, he'll catch on soon enough to what you are doing.
  他可不是傻瓜，他很快就会看出你这是干什么。
• The catch on that door is broken.
  那门上的挂钩断了。
• The catch on this door seems to be broken.
  门上的把手好像弄折了。轮唱；
• 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。
• It took me a blue moon to catch on to the directions.
  我花了很久才弄明白说明书的意思。