| 单词 | catch up |
| 释义 | catch up catch (sb) up — phrasal verb with catch /kætʃ/ verb (caught, caught) ► B2 to reach someone in front of you by going faster than them: » I ran after her and managed to catch up with her.» UK Go on to the shops without me, I'll catch you up.Thesaurus+: ↑Increasing and decreasing speed of motion• • • Extra Examples:» He's lagging behind a bit - I think we'd better wait for him to catch us up.» The leader is about 50 yards ahead and I'd be amazed if the others can catch her up.» There is still plenty of time in this race for our athlete to catch up.» She only started walking a few minutes ago - you can easily catch her up.» The others ran down the platform and then waited impatiently for me to catch them up, with all the luggage. catch up (DISCUSS) — phrasal verb with catch /kætʃ/ verb (caught, caught) ► B2 to learn or discuss the latest news: » Let's go for a coffee - I need to catch up on all the gossip.Thesaurus+: ↑Debate and discussion catch up (DO SOMETHING) — phrasal verb with catch /kætʃ/ verb (caught, caught) ► B2 to do something you did not have time to do earlier: » She's staying late at the office to catch up with/on some reports.Thesaurus+: ↑Dealing with things or people , ↑Acting and acts , ↑Coping and not coping , ↑Tolerating and enduring catch up (REACH SAME STANDARD) — phrasal verb with catch /kætʃ/ verb (caught, caught) ► C1 to reach the same quality or standard as someone or something else: » Will Western industry ever catch up with Japanese innovations?» He was off school for a while and is finding it hard to catch up.Thesaurus+: ↑Surpassing in quality or number |
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