catch up

1. PHRASAL VERB 赶上;追上;跟上
   If you catch up with someone who is in front of you, you reach them by walking faster than they are walking.
   1. I stopped and waited for her to catch up...
      我停住脚步，等她追上来。
   2. We caught up with the nuns.
      我们赶上了修女们。
2. PHRASAL VERB 赶上，达到(标准、水平等)
   To catch up with someone means to reach the same standard, stage, or level that they have reached.
   1. 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。
   2. John began the season better than me but I have fought to catch up...
      赛季伊始，约翰的表现比我好，不过我经过努力追了上来。
   3. During the evenings, the school is used by kids who want to catch up on English and mathematics.
      每到晚上，就有孩子来学校补习英语和数学。
3. PHRASAL VERB 补做;赶做
   If you catch up on an activity that you have not had much time to do recently, you spend time doing it.
   1. I was catching up on a bit of reading.
      当时我在忙着读些东西。
4. PHRASAL VERB 了解近况;叙旧
   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.
   1. The ladies spent some time catching up on each other's health and families...
      女士们花了点时间叙旧，聊了聊彼此的健康和家庭状况。
   2. She plans to return to Dublin to catch up with the relatives she has not seen since she married.
      她打算回都柏林，去看望一下结婚后就再没见过面的亲戚。
5. PHR-V-PASSIVE 牵扯进;卷入
   If you are caught up in something, you are involved in it, usually unwillingly.
   1. The people themselves weren't part of the conflict; they were just caught up in it...
      那些人本来和这场冲突不相干，他们只是被牵涉进去的。
   2. Many African women, for reasons of poverty, get caught up in the drug trade.
      许多非洲妇女为贫穷所迫堕入贩毒行业。

1. 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。
2. I stopped and waited for her to catch up
   我停住脚步，等她追上来。
3. We caught up with the nuns.
   我们赶上了修女们。
4. 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。
5. John began the season better than me but I have fought to catch up
   赛季伊始，约翰的表现比我好，不过我经过努力追了上来。
6. During the evenings, the school is used by kids who want to catch up on English and mathematics.
   每到晚上，就有孩子来学校补习英语和数学。
7. I was catching up on a bit of reading.
   当时我在忙着读些东西。
8. The ladies spent some time catching up on each other's health and families
   女士们花了点时间叙旧，聊了聊彼此的健康和家庭状况。
9. She plans to return to Dublin to catch up with the relatives she has not seen since she married.
   她打算回都柏林，去看望一下结婚后就再没见过面的亲戚。
10. The people themselves weren't part of the conflict; they were just caught up in it
    那些人本来和这场冲突不相干，他们只是被牵涉进去的。
11. Many African women, for reasons of poverty, get caught up in the drug trade.
    许多非洲妇女为贫穷所迫堕入贩毒行业。
12. 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。
13. Summer is the perfect time to catch up on the new books you meant to read
    夏天是把想读却没读的新书恶补一下的最佳时机。
14. No matter how hard I try I cannot seem to catch up on all the bills
    无论怎么努力，我好像就是无法付清所有的账单。
15. It has set us back in so many respects that I'm not sure how long it will take for us to catch up
    这已经在这么多方面给我们造成了延误，我都无法确定我们要花多长时间才能赶上。
16. There's still time to catch up with them.
    还有时间追上他们。
17. He stopped and let her catch up with him
    他停下来，好让她追上自己。
18. She used the day to catch up with administrative tasks.
    她白天忙着处理行政工作。
19. The less advanced strives to catch up with the more advanced.
    后进赶先进。
20. In order to catch up with and surpass the advanced world levels we'll have to accelerate our speed.
    要赶超世界先进水平，我们还得快马加鞭。
21. We must exert ourselves to catch up with them, or it would be too late.
    我们要急起直追，否则就太晚了。
22. He ran hard and tried to catch up to his friends.
    他拼命地跑，想撵上他的朋友们。
23. I couldn't catch up with him.
    我撵不上他。
24. We'll do our best to catch up with the advanced world levels.
    我们将努力赶上世界先进水平。
25. 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？
26. I mean to catch up him to and come neck and neck into the winning post.
    我决心追上他，和他齐头并进，去夺取胜利。
27. You just go ahead and I'll catch up later.
    你先走一步，我随后赶来。
28. Don't be surprised if all these cigarettes you are smoking catch up on you one day.
    如果你现在抽的那些香烟哪一天损害到你的健康，你可别大吃一惊。
29. You won't catch up with him now& he's too far away.
    他已走远，你追赶不上了。
30. I'll catch up with you no matter how fast you run.
    凭你跑多快，我也赶得上。

verb

1. learn belatedly
   1. I'm trying to catch up with the latest developments in molecular biology

2. reach the point where one should be after a delay
   1. I caught up on my homework