| 释义 |
play catch-up1Fall behind continually with work or financial matters: I’m always playing catch-up with my homework...- It seems like we're always behind trying to play catch-up on the equipment nowadays it's changing so quickly.
- And while they held all the cards previously, now they are on the back foot and continually forced to play catch-up, prompting the inevitable fall-outs and clash of personalities.
- We can't continue to play catch-up as we've been doing in Ireland for years.
2North American Try to equal a competitor in a sport or game: we tried to play catch-up in the final period...- We got behind in qualifying and had to play catch-up.
- It's imperative, however, that they don't have to play constant catch-up.
- Wireless technology is big in Japan and Europe, and at the moment, the United States is playing a little catch-up.
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