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。
• Like many in Russia, she blamed the country's failings on futile attempts to catch up with the West
  像俄罗斯很多人一样，她认为国家的错误就在于徒然地竭力追赶西方。
• The law caught up with him yesterday.
  昨天，他被捉拿归案。
• I'll catch up with you no matter how fast you run.
  凭你跑多快，我也赶得上。
• We must do our utmost to catch up with the foremost.
  我们要急起直追，迎头赶上。
• I will handle this and I will catch up with you.
  我来照顾这然后和你会合。
• The less advanced strives to catch up with the more advanced.
  后进赶先进。
• 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。
• There's still time to catch up with them.
  还有时间追上他们。
• Maybe I was really hard to catch up with you.
  或许我是真的努力想追到你了。