单词 | catch question |
释义 | catch questionn. A question that is intended to catch a person out, typically one to which there is no correct answer, or which leads the respondent to give an incorrect answer or to reveal incriminating information; a deceptive or trick question. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > [noun] > act or instance of > surprising catch1674 catch question1836 trick question1939 zinger1954 1836 Bell's Life in London 24 Jan. The petty insults and unfair ‘catch questions’ to which..the student is sometimes subjected. 1855 Jackson's Oxf. Jrnl. 21 July 3/2 His Lordship expressed his disapproval of the course pursued by this constable in putting ‘catch’ questions to his prisoner. 1920 National Civic Federation Rev. July 1/2 Mr. Gompers himself said the question..was a catch question and, to be consistent with itself, should be answered both ‘Yes’ and ‘No’. 1962 Financial Times 12 July 14/7 The test is a straightforward one of skill and..introduces no tricks or catch questions. 2003 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 29 May 12 This year's Higher biology exam..was ‘very tricky’ and had ‘lots of catch questions that would trip pupils up’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). † catch questionv. Obsolete. rare. transitive. To bring (a person) into a particular state by asking him or her deceptive or trick questions. Cf. catch question n. ΚΠ 1841 A. Smith in Punch 18 Dec. 265/2 The inquisitors..are willing to help a student out of a scrape, rather than ‘catch question’ him into one. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018). < n.1836v.1841 |
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