catch on

1. PHRASAL VERB 明白;认识到
   If you catch on to something, 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。
2. PHRASAL VERB 时兴;流行
   If something catches 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。

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。
3. 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。
4. 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。
5. 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。
6. At first I didn't catch on, then I suddenly saw the light.
   始而不解，继而恍然。
7. 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。
8. The catch on this door is broken.
   这扇门上的吊扣坏了。
9. The hook which he had thrown did not catch on the rocks, and dropped back to the ground.
   他甩出去的钩子没挂住石头，又落回到地面。
10. 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。
11. The catch on that door is broken.
    那门上的挂钩断了。
12. I don't catch on to jokes you told.
    你不懂你的笑话。
13. Sorry, I don't catch on your joke.
    抱歉，你说的笑话我没听懂。
14. You catch on fast.
    你学得很快。
15. You want a party? Okay, fine! Catch on!
    你们想要一个宴会？好，很好！明白！
16. He didn't catch on to what you had implied.
    他没有理解你话中隐含的意思。
17. 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。
18. I catch on to the job gradually.
    渐渐地我明白这工作怎么做了。
19. 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。
20. 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。
21. How did her dress catch on a nail?
    她的衣服怎么钩到钉子上了？
22. Some scares catch on: others do not.
    有些恐慌传播开了，有些则没有。
23. 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。
24. The catch on my handbag is broken.
    我的手提包的扣坏了。
25. 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。
26. The catch on this door seems to be broken.
    门上的把手好像弄折了。轮唱；
27. 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。
28. Do you think this fashion will catch on?
    你想这个式样人们会喜欢吗？
29. 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。
30. The catch on the suitcase is stuck.
    手提箱拉杆闩锁卡住了。

verb

1. become popular
   1. This fashion caught on in Paris

2. 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