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

• We must exert ourselves to catch up with them, or it would be too late.
  我们要急起直追，否则就太晚了。
• You won't catch up with him now& he's too far away.
  他已走远，你追赶不上了。
• There's still time to catch up with them.
  还有时间追上他们。
• She plans to return to Dublin to catch up with the relatives she has not seen since she married.
  她打算回都柏林，去看望一下结婚后就再没见过面的亲戚。
• He began to catch up with jim.
  他开始赶上吉姆了。
• Excessive drinking and smoking will catch up with you.
  你过度抽烟喝酒将来要吃苦头的。
• He stopped and let her catch up with him
  他停下来，好让她追上自己。
• I couldn't catch up with him.
  我撵不上他。
• We must do our utmost to catch up with the foremost.
  我们要急起直追，迎头赶上。
• 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。