1. 趕上;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.
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e.g. I stopped and waited for her to catchup... 我停住腳步,等她追上來。 e.g. We caught up with the nuns. 我們趕上了修女們。
2. 趕上,達到(標準、水平等) To catch up with someone means to reach the same standard, stage, or level that they have reached.
e.g. Most late developers will catchup with their friends... 大多數身材發育遲緩者都會趕上他們的朋友。 e.g. John began the season better than me but I have fought to catchup... 賽季伊始,約翰的表現比我好,不過我經過努力追了上來。
3. 補做;趕做 If you catch up on an activity that you have not had much time to do recently, you spend time doing it.
e.g. I was catching up on a bit of reading. 當時我在忙著讀些東西。
4. 了解近況;敘舊 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.
e.g. The ladies spent some time catching up on each other's health and families... 女士們花了點時間敘舊,聊了聊彼此的健康和家庭狀況。 e.g. She plans to return to Dublin to catchup with the relatives she has not seen since she married. 她打算回都柏林,去看望一下結婚后就再沒見過面的親戚。
5. 牽扯進;卷入 If you are caught up in something, you are involved in it, usually unwillingly.
e.g. The people themselves weren't part of the conflict; they were just caught up in it... 那些人本來和這場沖突不相干,他們只是被牽涉進去的。 e.g. Many African women, for reasons of poverty, get caught up in the drug trade. 許多非洲婦女為貧窮所迫墮入販毒行業。
catch up英英釋義
catch up
verb
1. learn belatedly find out about something after it happened
e.g. I'm trying to catchup with the latest developments in molecular biology
2. reach the point where one should be after a delay