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 law caught up with him yesterday.
  昨天，他被捉拿归案。
• You walk on and I'll catch up with you later.
  你接着走，我一会儿会赶上你的。
• 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。
• He began to catch up with jim.
  他开始赶上吉姆了。
• 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。
• Excessive drinking and smoking will catch up with you.
  你过度抽烟喝酒将来要吃苦头的。
• 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。
• The less advanced strives to catch up with the more advanced.
  后进赶先进。
• 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。