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

• He is always fooling around in class, but the teacher will catch up with him some day.
  他总是在班上捉弄人，总有一天老师会抓住他的。
• 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。
• 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。
• Anyway, I will be crossing my fingers and toes for myself to catch up with the progress.
  无论结果怎么样，我会交叉手指和脚趾来祝福自己赶上学习的进度！现在我要去背单词了。
• 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。
• Maybe I was really hard to catch up with you.
  或许我是真的努力想追到你了。
• He managed to catch up with the others.
  他设法赶上了别人。
• We have to go all out and catch up with them.
  我们要鼓足干劲赶上他们。
• 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。
• The law caught up with him yesterday.
  昨天，他被捉拿归案。