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

• I will handle this and I will catch up with you.
  我来照顾这然后和你会合。
• We must do our utmost to catch up with the foremost.
  我们要急起直追，迎头赶上。
• The less advanced strives to catch up with the more advanced.
  后进赶先进。
• He managed to catch up with the others.
  他设法赶上了别人。
• 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。
• Excessive drinking and smoking will catch up with you.
  你过度抽烟喝酒将来要吃苦头的。
• In the trip, I was too tired to catch up with others.
  在旅途中，我太累了，赶不上其他人了。
• 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。