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

• 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。
• 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 managed to catch up with the others.
  他设法赶上了别人。
• 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 less advanced strives to catch up with the more advanced.
  后进赶先进。
• We have to go all out and catch up with them.
  我们要鼓足干劲赶上他们。
• 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？
• You walk on and I'll catch up with you later.
  你接着走，我一会儿会赶上你的。
• 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。
• I'll catch up with you no matter how fast you run.
  凭你跑多快，我也赶得上。