| 单词 | catch up |
| 释义 | catch up 1. phrasal verb B2 If you catch up with someone who is in front of you, you reach them by walking faster than they are walking. I stopped and waited for her to catch up. [VERB PARTICLE] We caught up with the others. [VERB PARTICLE + with] 2. phrasal verb B2 To catch up with someone means to reach the same standard, stage, or level that they have reached. Most late developers will catch up with their friends. [VERB PARTICLE + with] John began the season better than me but I have fought to catch up. [VERB PARTICLE] During the evenings, the school is used by kids who want to catch up on English and mathematics. [V P + on/in] 3. phrasal verb If you catch up on an activity that you have not had much time to do recently, you spend time doing it. I was catching up on a bit of reading. [V P + on/with] 4. phrasal verb If you catch up on 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. The women spent some time catching up on each other's work and families. [VERB PARTICLE + on] She plans to return to Dublin to catch up with the relatives she has not seen since she married. [VERB PARTICLE + with] 5. phrasal verb See full dictionary entry for catch If you are caught up in something, you are involved in it, usually unwillingly. The people themselves weren't part of the conflict; they were just caught up in it. [be V-ed P + in] Many people in the region, for reasons of poverty, get caught up in the drug trade. [get V-ed P in n] Translations: Chinese: 追上 Japanese: 追いつく |
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