catch up

英 [ˈkætʃ ʌp]

美 [ˈkætʃ ʌp]

赶上; 追上; 跟上; 达到（标准、水平等）; 补做; 赶做; 了解近况; 叙旧; 牵扯进; 卷入

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柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 赶上;追上;跟上
  If youcatch up withsomeone who is in front of you, you reach them by walking faster than they are walking.
  1. I stopped and waited for her to catch up...
     我停住脚步，等她追上来。
  2. We caught up with the nuns.
     我们赶上了修女们。
• PHRASAL VERB 赶上，达到(标准、水平等)
  Tocatch up withsomeone means to reach the same standard, stage, or level that they have reached.
  1. 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。
  2. John began the season better than me but I have fought to catch up...
     赛季伊始，约翰的表现比我好，不过我经过努力追了上来。
  3. During the evenings, the school is used by kids who want to catch up on English and mathematics.
     每到晚上，就有孩子来学校补习英语和数学。
• PHRASAL VERB 补做;赶做
  If youcatch up onan activity that you have not had much time to do recently, you spend time doing it.
  1. I was catching up on a bit of reading.
     当时我在忙着读些东西。
• PHRASAL VERB 了解近况;叙旧
  If youcatch upon friends who you have not seen for some time or on their lives, you talk to them and find out what has happened in their lives since you last talked together.
  1. The ladies spent some time catching up on each other's health and families...
     女士们花了点时间叙旧，聊了聊彼此的健康和家庭状况。
  2. 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。
• PHR-V-PASSIVE 牵扯进;卷入
  If youare caught up insomething, you are involved in it, usually unwillingly.
  1. The people themselves weren't part of the conflict; they were just caught up in it...
     那些人本来和这场冲突不相干，他们只是被牵涉进去的。
  2. Many African women, for reasons of poverty, get caught up in the drug trade.
     许多非洲妇女为贫穷所迫堕入贩毒行业。

英英释义

verb

• learn belatedly
  1. I'm trying to catch up with the latest developments in molecular biology
• reach the point where one should be after a delay
  1. I caught up on my homework

双语例句

• I was catching up on a bit of reading.
  当时我在忙着读些东西。
• He stopped and let her catch up with him
  他停下来，好让她追上自己。
• You won't catch up with him now& he's too far away.
  他已走远，你追赶不上了。
• Summer is the perfect time to catch up on the new books you meant to read
  夏天是把想读却没读的新书恶补一下的最佳时机。
• She used the day to catch up with administrative tasks.
  她白天忙着处理行政工作。
• 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。
• No matter how hard I try I cannot seem to catch up on all the bills
  无论怎么努力，我好像就是无法付清所有的账单。
• 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。
• 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。
• Don't be surprised if all these cigarettes you are smoking catch up on you one day.
  如果你现在抽的那些香烟哪一天损害到你的健康，你可别大吃一惊。