1.In other words, you are caught in a classic Catch-22, a trap used by some parents.
catch in 被……困住,绊住
The men were caught in the act of digging up buried explosives.
那些人在挖掘掩埋的爆炸物时被逮个正着 。
I wondered if it was an animal caught in a trap.
我在想,会不会是什么动物掉进了陷阱 。