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 catch on this door is broken.
  这扇门上的吊扣坏了。
• 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。
• 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。
• Hang in there! You'll soon catch on to the language.
  坚持学习！你很快就会掌握这种语言的。
• Wait a minute! I'm beginning to catch on.
  等一下！我开始有点懂了。
• Sorry, I don't catch on your joke.
  抱歉，你说的笑话我没听懂。
• 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。
• You want a party? Okay, fine! Catch on!
  你们想要一个宴会？好，很好！明白！
• The catch on the suitcase is stuck.
  手提箱拉杆闩锁卡住了。
• 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。