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单词 be caught on the hop
释义
be caught on the hop
[British]
to be unprepared for something that happens and so be unable to respond quickly or appropriately
In both cases the West was caught on the hop when a brutal dictator decided that it was safe to use force to resolve a long-standing territorial dispute.
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