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

• 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。
• 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'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。
• He managed to catch up with the others.
  他设法赶上了别人。
• Excessive drinking and smoking will catch up with you.
  你过度抽烟喝酒将来要吃苦头的。
• I'll catch up with you no matter how fast you run.
  凭你跑多快，我也赶得上。
• You won't catch up with him now& he's too far away.
  他已走远，你追赶不上了。
• Hurry up; we may catch up with him yet.
  快点走，或者还赶得上他。
• 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。
• I will handle this and I will catch up with you.
  我来照顾这然后和你会合。