catch up with

英 [kætʃ ʌp wɪð]

美 [kætʃ ʌp wɪð]

捕获，擒获，捉拿到（犯错者）; 和…算旧账; 使…最终尝到苦果

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 捕获;擒获;捉拿到
  When peoplecatch up withsomeone who has done something wrong, they succeed in finding them in order to arrest or punish them.
  1. The law caught up with him yesterday.
     昨天，他被捉拿归案。
• PHRASAL VERB 和…算旧账；使…最终尝到苦果
  If somethingcatches up withyou, you are forced to deal with something unpleasant that happened or that you did in the past, which you have been able to avoid until now.
  1. Although he subsequently became a successful businessman, his criminal past caught up with him.
     尽管后来他成了事业有成的生意人，以前的犯罪前科终究让他尝到了苦果。

英英释义

verb

• catch up with and possibly overtake
  1. The Rolls Royce caught us near the exit ramp
  Synonym:overtakecatch
• make up work that was missed due to absence at a later point
  1. I have to make up a French exam
  2. Can I catch up with the material or is it too late?
  Synonym:make up

双语例句

• Hurry up; we may catch up with him yet.
  快点走，或者还赶得上他。
• It's difficult for us to catch up with them. we're falling behind.
  我们很难追上他们。我们落后了。
• We have to go all out and catch up with them.
  我们要鼓足干劲赶上他们。
• We'll do our best to catch up with the advanced world levels.
  我们将努力赶上世界先进水平。
• If a good runner like you can't catch up with him, how can I?
  你跑得那么快还赶不上他，何况我呢？
• We must do our utmost to catch up with the foremost.
  我们要急起直追，迎头赶上。
• I'll catch up with you no matter how fast you run.
  凭你跑多快，我也赶得上。
• Most late developers will catch up with their friends
  大多数身材发育迟缓者都会赶上他们的朋友。
• In order to catch up with and surpass the advanced world levels we'll have to accelerate our speed.
  要赶超世界先进水平，我们还得快马加鞭。
• He stopped and let her catch up with him
  他停下来，好让她追上自己。