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

• The less advanced strives to catch up with the more advanced.
  后进赶先进。
• He managed to catch up with the others.
  他设法赶上了别人。
• Maybe I was really hard to catch up with you.
  或许我是真的努力想追到你了。
• He began to catch up with jim.
  他开始赶上吉姆了。
• Hurry up; we may catch up with him yet.
  快点走，或者还赶得上他。
• The law caught up with him yesterday.
  昨天，他被捉拿归案。
• Excessive drinking and smoking will catch up with you.
  你过度抽烟喝酒将来要吃苦头的。
• 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 must do our utmost to catch up with the foremost.
  我们要急起直追，迎头赶上。
• 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。