1、come out
(書或光盤)出版,發(fā)行
The book comes out this week.
這本書本周出版。
Christian Slater has a new movie coming out next month in which he plays a vigilante.
克里斯汀·史萊特有一部新片下月發(fā)行,他在片中扮演一個治安維持會成員。
(事實)暴露,披露,顯露
The truth is beginning to come out about what happened.
真相開始逐漸浮出水面。
It will come out that she has covertly donated considerable sums to the IRA.
她暗中給愛爾蘭共和軍提供了大筆資助的事情即將曝光。
公開同性戀身份
the few gay men there who dare to come out.
那里少數(shù)幾位有勇氣公開宣布自己是同性戀的男子
I came out as a lesbian when I was still in my teens.
我才十幾歲的時候,就公開了自己的同性戀身份。
2、catch on
明白;認識到
He got what he could out of me before I caught on to the kind of person he'd turned into.
我還沒有意識到他已經(jīng)變成了那樣的人,他就已經(jīng)從我這兒把能套走的都套走了。
Wait a minute! I'm beginning to catch on.
等一下!我開始有點懂了。
時興;流行
The idea has been around for ages without catching on.
這個觀點已經(jīng)提出來有年頭了,可是一直沒被廣泛接受。