| 短语 | catch up with sb |
| 释义 | catch up with sb 1. to finally find someone who has been doing something illegal and punish them〔终于〕抓住并惩罚〔某人〕:•It took six years for the law to catch up with them.花了六年时间才终于将他们绳之以法。2. if something bad from the past catches up with you, you cannot avoid dealing with it any longer〔过去的坏事〕缠身，找上门来算账:•At the end of the movie his murky past catches up with him.在电影结尾，他那不清白的过去终于来找他算账了。ˌcatch ˈup with sb1to finally start to cause problems for sb after they have managed to avoid this for some time产生（曾设法避免的）问题She was terrified that one day her past problems would catch up with her.她十分害怕过去的问题总有一天又会来困扰她。2if the police or authoritiescatch up withsb, they find and punish them after some time终于查到某人头上The law caught up with him years later when he had moved to Spain.多年后当他已移居西班牙时最终还是受到法律的制裁。 |
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