catch up phrasal verbphr v a) IMPROVEto 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. 如果你缺课很多,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,但其他国家正在赶上来。
b) CATCHto 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 somebody up British EnglishBrE You go on ahead. I’ll catch you up in a minute. 你先走,我稍后就追上你。
c) NOWto 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。
d) 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〕;别后叙谈 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. 我走开让你们俩单独待着吧,你们肯定有很多话要说。
e) be/get caught up in somethingTAKE PART/BE INVOLVED to be or get involved in something, especially something bad 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 with• So let's catch up with all the action as we go spinning the globe.• The dinner was a pleasant opportunity for members to catch up with each other's news.• I wanted to catch up with him.• And I would have to hurry to catch up with it.• Latecomers hurriedly kneel and bow, trying to catch up with the group prayer in progress.• From the blurred picture you can see the vital point when the clubhead is catching up with the hands.• It is a day for household chores, for cleaning and scrubbing, or to catch up with their religious studies.
catch on• Many slump into seats, some catching up on a little sleep before the day begins.• Britain's Ellen MacArthur, in second place, reported that she had been catching up on a lot of lost sleep.• Although the commute takes 80 minutes by mass transit, he uses the time to catch up on his reading.• We were rescued by Truc who had again been trying to catch up on his sleep farther down the open carriage.• To catch up on news and gossip.• Well Zoe Muir decided to catch up on the progress of our other volunteer, Katy Clark.• Already, statistics were catching up on them.• This is a time to catch up on urgent paperwork and swap stories with colleagues about the events of the day.