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

• I'll catch up with you no matter how fast you run.
  凭你跑多快，我也赶得上。
• He stopped and let her catch up with him
  他停下来，好让她追上自己。
• 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。
• 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。
• You won't catch up with him now& he's too far away.
  他已走远，你追赶不上了。
• She used the day to catch up with administrative tasks.
  她白天忙着处理行政工作。
• I couldn't catch up with him.
  我撵不上他。
• The law caught up with him yesterday.
  昨天，他被捉拿归案。
• 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。
• 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。