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

• 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。
• I stopped and waited for her to catch up
  我停住脚步，等她追上来。
• I was catching up on a bit of reading.
  当时我在忙着读些东西。
• 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。
• 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。
• I'll catch up with you no matter how fast you run.
  凭你跑多快，我也赶得上。
• 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。
• I mean to catch up him to and come neck and neck into the winning post.
  我决心追上他，和他齐头并进，去夺取胜利。
• You just go ahead and I'll catch up later.
  你先走一步，我随后赶来。
• She used the day to catch up with administrative tasks.
  她白天忙着处理行政工作。