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

• Hurry up; we may catch up with him yet.
  快点走，或者还赶得上他。
• There's still time to catch up with them.
  还有时间追上他们。
• I couldn't catch up with him.
  我撵不上他。
• You walk on and I'll catch up with you later.
  你接着走，我一会儿会赶上你的。
• He stopped and let her catch up with him
  他停下来，好让她追上自己。
• If a good runner like you can't catch up with him, how can I?
  你跑得那么快还赶不上他，何况我呢？
• The law caught up with him yesterday.
  昨天，他被捉拿归案。
• 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。
• You won't catch up with him now& he's too far away.
  他已走远，你追赶不上了。
• 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。