| 短语 | catch up |
| 释义 | catch up 1. to improve and reach the same standard as other people in your class, group etc赶上〔同班、同组等其他人的水平〕:•If you miss a lot of classes, it's very difficult to catch up.如果你缺了很多课，就很难赶上。[+ with ]•At the moment our technology is more advanced, but other countries are catching up with us.目前我们的技术比较先进，但是其他国家正在赶上来。2. to come from behind and reach someone in front of you by going faster追上，赶上〔前面的人〕:[+ with ]•Drive faster – they're catching up with us.开快点，他们要赶上我们了。catch sb up BrE:•You go on ahead. I'll catch you up in a minute.你先走，我稍后就追上你。3. to do what needs to be done because you have not been able to do it until now赶做，补做:[+ on ]•I have some work to catch up on.我还有一些工作要赶着做。•I need to catch up on some sleep (=after a period without enough sleep) .我需要补充些睡眠。4. to spend time finding out what has been happening while you have been away or during the time you have not seen someone打听〔不在时所发生的事情〕:[+ on ]•When I got home I phoned Jo to catch up on all the gossip.我回家后就给乔打电话，打听所有的小道消息。•I'll leave you two alone – I'm sure you've got a lot of catching up to do.你们两个单独呆着吧，你们肯定有很多话要说。5. be / get caught up in sth to be or get involved in something, especially something bad被卷入某事，陷入某事〔尤指坏事〕:•I didn't want to get caught up in endless petty arguments.我可不想卷入这无休止的鸡毛蒜皮的争吵中。 catch up succeed in reaching a person who is ahead of one 赶上, 追上： O'Hara caught up with Stella at the bottom of the hill. 奥哈拉在山脚下追上了斯特拉。 ■ do tasks which one should have done earlier 赶做（早该完成的工作）： he normally used the afternoons to catch up on paperwork. 他通常利用下午来赶做文书工作。 catch up1. succeed in pursuing; overtake; follow and finally reach 赶上；追上 * You'd better drive faster, beacuse the others are catching up quickly. 你最好快点开，别人很快就会赶上来。 * You go on ahead; I'll catch you up in a few minutes. 你前面走，我将在几分钟内赶上。 * There was a tenmile chase before the thieves were caught up by the police car. 追了10英里，警察的车子才赶上盗窃犯。2. seize hurriedly; take or pick up suddenly; be dragged into 突然拿起；匆忙抓住；被抱进 * He caught up the ball as it rolled along and threw it back. 当球向前滚动时，他急忙抓了起来就向后投去。 * He caught up a stick and struck out at that man. 他急忙抓起一根木棍向那人打去。3. capture or trap ... in a situation; concern or interest very much 俘获；卷进；非常关心或极感兴趣（常与in 连用在被动结构中） * His clothing was caught up in the machine. 他的衣服被卷进了机器中。 * He regretted having been caught up in the affair. 他后悔当初卷进了这件事。 * I was so caught up in the movie that I forgot the time. 我对这部电影入了迷，以至于连时间都忘了。4. adopt 采用；借用 * These phrases were caught up and immediately became popular. 这些短语已被采用而且很快就流行了。5. provide with the latest information 提供…最新消息 * They caught us up on what's happening at the front. 他们把前线的最新消息告诉了我们。6. follow and understand 听懂；理解 * They can't catch up what the foreign guest said. 他们听不懂外宾讲的话。 |
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