今日短語(yǔ)
這個(gè)英語(yǔ)表達(dá)指“趁他人毫無(wú)防備時(shí)做某事，而使其感到措手不及”。在這里，“catch”的意思是“撞見(jiàn)、發(fā)現(xiàn)”，強(qiáng)調(diào)動(dòng)作的偶然性；而短語(yǔ)“off guard”則用來(lái)形容人“毫無(wú)警惕心的，措手不及”的狀態(tài)。
例句
The teacher caught everyone off guard when she suddenly announced that there would be a test.
老師突然通知大家要做課堂小測(cè)驗(yàn)，這可打了所有人個(gè)措手不及。
The government's decision to raise the interest rate caught everyone off guard - nobody expected it.
政府提升利率的決定令所有人猝不及防 — 沒(méi)有人預(yù)料到這件事。
The news about the couple's engagement caught everyone off guard as everyone thought they had split up.
這對(duì)情侶的訂婚消息讓所有人感到措手不及，這是因?yàn)槿藗兌家詾樗麄円呀?jīng)分手了。
