catch [kætʃ] (caught [kɔːt], caught) v. 抓到
【搭】catch a bird 抓住一只小鸟
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A: Catch him!
B: He ran so fast that we couldn't catch up with him.
A：抓住他！
B：他跑得太快了，我们追不上。
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fisherman [ˈfiʃəmən] n. 钓鱼人，渔民
boot [buːt] n. 靴子
waste [weist] n. 浪费
【派】wasteful 浪费的，挥霍的
【扩】lavishment 浪费
【搭】a waste of time 浪费时间
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A: Would you like to play cards with us?
B: No, I think it's a waste of time.
A：你想跟我们一起玩牌吗？
B：不玩，我认为那很浪费时间。
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realize [ˈriəlaiz] v. 意识到
【派】realization 实现
【扩】aware 意识到
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A: I realized that I didn't exercise enough.
B: You can get up early in the morning and do some exercise from tomorrow.
A：我意识到自己缺乏锻炼。
B：从明天开始你可以早点起床锻炼。
noun [专属名词]渔夫；渔人 - The fisherman rowed us back to the shore.
noun [专属名词]靴子；猛踢；（汽车的）行李箱，后备箱；车轮固定夹；解雇；再者，除此之外（to boot） - He sat in a kitchen chair, reached down and pulled off his boots.
verb [vi. 不及物动词]猛踢；锁住（非法停车的轮子）；启动（电脑）；在车轮上装制动装置；解雇；（使）穿靴 - If a computer boots or you boot it, it is made ready to use by putting in the instructions it needs in order to start working.
noun [专属名词]浪费，滥用；废物，废弃物（同 wastes）；荒地，荒原（wastes）；<法律>（尤指因租借人的行为或疏忽而导致的）不动产的损坏，产业损伤；粪便，尿液 - Waste is the use of money or other resources on things that do not need it.
verb [vt. 及物动词]浪费，滥用；未能充分利用，没有物尽其用；<美，非正式>杀害，谋杀（某人）；（使）（人，身体部位）逐渐变虚弱，变消瘦；<文>破坏，毁坏（地方）；<文>（时间）流逝，被花掉 - If you waste an opportunity for something, you do not take advantage of it when it is available.
adjective [原级]（通常指城市中的某地）荒芜的，荒废的；（材料、物质等）废弃的，无用的 - Waste land is land, especially in or near a city, that is not used or taken care of by anyone, and so is covered by wild plants and rubbish.
① n. 浪费
- a waste of… 浪费……
- It is a waste of time/money/food/water.
② vt. 浪费
- You are wasting time.
verb [vi. 不及物动词]了解，意识到；（所担心的事）发生，产生（be realized）；实现（目标、梦想等）；（充分）发挥出自己的潜力； 把（概念等）具体表现出来；用（语言特征）表达；对（记谱不全的乐曲）做完整兑谱改编；获得（金钱，利润）；变现，变卖（资产） - As soon as we realized something was wrong, we moved the children away.
① v. 认识，知道，明白，意识到
- I went into the wrong room without realizing it. 我无意中走错了房间。
- I realized that I was wrong.
② v. 实现（希望、目标、愿望等）
- realize one's dream 实现某人的梦想
- She has realized her hope to be an actress.
③ 使变为事实，使发生（常用于被动语态）
- This plan can never be realized.
verb [vt. 及物动词]接住；抓住，捉住；扶住（要倒的人）；逮住，捕获；（尤指设置陷阱）捕捉；撞见（某人）犯罪（或做错事）；（被）钩住，（被）绊住；击中，触到（某人或某物） - We can catch the early morning train.
noun [专属名词]接住，截住（某物，尤指球）；（鱼的）捕获量，捕获物；<旧>理想的丈夫（或妻子），合适的合作伙伴；搭扣，把手 - How many fish did you catch?
① vt. 捉住，逮住，捕获
- The police have caught the thief.
- Have you caught any fish today?
② vt. 抓住，握住
- Can you catch the ball?
③ vt. 及时赶到，赶上
- catch a bus 赶车
- I want to catch the eight nineteen (train) to London.
- He ran quickly to catch the last bus home.
- When she caught up with them, she saw that they were going through the contents of the bag.
④ catch 的一些固定用法
- catch a cold 染上感冒
- catch one's breath 摒住呼吸
- catch sight of = see 看见catch fire 着火
- catch one's eyes 吸引某人注意力