評(píng)論
打印
catch sb. on the hop
1. 解詞釋義
Catch sb. on the hop中的hop是指“單足跳”，短語(yǔ)on the hop表示“活動(dòng)的，安靜不下來(lái)的”的意思。那么，catch sb. on the hop “趁人不備時(shí)抓住，使人措手不及”等意思。習(xí)語(yǔ)詞典中解釋道：If you catch someone on the hop, you do something when they are not ready for it and may not be able to deal with it well.
2. 拓展例句
e.g. I'm afraid your order has caught us on the hop—the goods aren't available yet.
恐怕你的訂單來(lái)得太突然，我們?nèi)珶o(wú)準(zhǔn)備，目前尚無(wú)貨源。
e.g. He always comes by without giving a call to me and catches me on the hop.
他總是事先不打電話就來(lái)訪，搞得我措手不及。
e.g.His plans almost caught security chiefs and hotel staff on the hop.
他的計(jì)劃幾乎讓安全主管和飯店工作人員都措手不及。
e.g. You've caught me on the hop, I'm afraid give me five minutes to get ready.
你弄得我措手不及，給我五分鐘準(zhǔn)備一下吧。
e.g. His presence is unexpected and has caught his opponents on the hop.
他的到場(chǎng)出乎預(yù)料，使他的對(duì)手們措手不及。
