Definition
- C2
To surprise someone by doing something unexpectedly, leaving them unprepared.
使（某人）措手不及；趁（某人）不注意時（做某事）。
The journalist's sudden question caught the politician off guard.
記者突然提出的問題讓這位政治人物措手不及。
Many employees were caught off guard when they suddenly announced the factory closure.
許多員工在突然宣布工廠關閉時措手不及。
She was caught off guard by the invitation to go on stage as she was not expecting it.
她被邀請上台時措手不及，因為她沒料到會有這樣的邀請。