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。
• 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。
• 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。
• We have to go all out and catch up with them.
  我们要鼓足干劲赶上他们。
• We must do our utmost to catch up with the foremost.
  我们要急起直追，迎头赶上。
• 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。
• She used the day to catch up with administrative tasks.
  她白天忙着处理行政工作。
• Excessive drinking and smoking will catch up with you.
  你过度抽烟喝酒将来要吃苦头的。
• I will handle this and I will catch up with you.
  我来照顾这然后和你会合。
• 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？