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

• There's still time to catch up with them.
  还有时间追上他们。
• 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。
• 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。
• I couldn't catch up with him.
  我撵不上他。
• 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。
• I'll catch up with you no matter how fast you run.
  凭你跑多快，我也赶得上。
• You walk on and I'll catch up with you later.
  你接着走，我一会儿会赶上你的。
• The less advanced strives to catch up with the more advanced.
  后进赶先进。