英语词汇“to play catch-up”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

colloquial (originally U.S. Sport). to play catch-up: to make an effort to keep up with or equal an opponent, competitor, or rival when in a losing position or having fallen behind.

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1924 Chicago Defender 23 Feb. i. 10/7 Morris Brown..took the lead at once, and Clark was playing catch-up at the end of the game.

1939 N.Y. Amsterdam News 14 Oct. 15/7 The Republicans..have to play catch up to the Democrats, who..have handed out more jobs and more relief to Negroes.

1954 Pittsburgh Courier 4 Sept. ii. 4/1 Florida, after trailing by four touchdowns, played catch-up with the Prairie View reserves and ended up losing, 33-27.

1980 R. Lee China Jrnl. i. 11 China is now having to play catch-up, for in a world of change, to stay put is to fall behind.

1990 Daily Express 21 July 48/2 Woosnam matched his closest rivals for much of the day, but three dropped shots over the last four holes left him playing catch-up.

2013 F. Lamb Industr. Automation p. xiii I was forced to play catch-up to keep up with my student peers who came out of high schools..with some calculus and physics experience.

单词	to play catch-up
释义	> as lemmas to play catch-up colloquial (originally U.S. Sport). to play catch-up: to make an effort to keep up with or equal an opponent, competitor, or rival when in a losing position or having fallen behind. ΚΠ 1924 Chicago Defender 23 Feb. i. 10/7 Morris Brown..took the lead at once, and Clark was playing catch-up at the end of the game. 1939 N.Y. Amsterdam News 14 Oct. 15/7 The Republicans..have to play catch up to the Democrats, who..have handed out more jobs and more relief to Negroes. 1954 Pittsburgh Courier 4 Sept. ii. 4/1 Florida, after trailing by four touchdowns, played catch-up with the Prairie View reserves and ended up losing, 33-27. 1980 R. Lee China Jrnl. i. 11 China is now having to play catch-up, for in a world of change, to stay put is to fall behind. 1990 Daily Express 21 July 48/2 Woosnam matched his closest rivals for much of the day, but three dropped shots over the last four holes left him playing catch-up. 2013 F. Lamb Industr. Automation p. xiii I was forced to play catch-up to keep up with my student peers who came out of high schools..with some calculus and physics experience. extracted from catch-upn.adj. < as lemmas
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