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。
• He managed to catch up with the others.
  他设法赶上了别人。
• He stopped and let her catch up with him
  他停下来，好让她追上自己。
• The less advanced strives to catch up with the more advanced.
  后进赶先进。
• 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。
• 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。
• The law caught up with him yesterday.
  昨天，他被捉拿归案。
• Before Gallacher could catch up with the ball, Nadlovu had beaten him to it.
  加拉赫还没来得及追上球，纳德洛武就已经抢先一步触到球了。
• I couldn't catch up with him.
  我撵不上他。
• She used the day to catch up with administrative tasks.
  她白天忙着处理行政工作。