| 词组 | catch |
| 释义 | catch [caught, caught, catching] catch at catch at sth to try to hold or pull something quickly, especially someone's arm or clothes: ▪ Ruth caught at his arm. "Don't go! Please don't go!" ▪ The path was thickly overgrown, and thorns caught at his clothes. ▪ As he fell, he caught at a branch, and miraculously it held his weight. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑grab at catch on 1. catch on to become popular and fashionable: ▪ A new fitness craze from Australia called Body Pump is catching on in the UK. ▪ Netscape's accessible, easy-to-use web tools are catching on fast. 2. catch on to begin to understand or realize something, especially after a long time: ▪ The technique was introduced in America as early as 1956, but the British were slow to catch on. ▪ Joe didn't know anything about oil when he joined the company. But he was smart - he caught on fast. + to ▪ Eventually Val caught on to what her husband was doing, and thought about how she could get her revenge. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑cotton on BrE informal, ↑latch on BrE informal catch out 1. catch sb out to trick someone so that they make a mistake, especially in order to prove that they are lying: ▪ As for lying in court, don't even think about it - the prosecuting attorney will only catch you out. ▪ One of the people at work is always asking me really technical questions, as if he's trying to catch me out. 2. be caught out if you are caught out by an unexpected event, it puts you in a difficult situation that you were not ready to deal with: ▪ Even the most experienced sailor can get caught out by the weather. ▪ Many people were caught out by the collapse in the housing market. catch up 1. catch up • catch sb/sth up to gradually get closer to a moving person or vehicle in front of you, by moving faster than they move: ▪ Schumacher is still in front, but the other Ferrari is catching up. ▪ You go ahead, and I'll catch you up later. catch up with ▪ Looking back, I could see that the other walkers were catching up with us. 2. catch up • catch sb up to improve so much that you reach the same standard as someone else who was better than you: ▪ Ali was 6 when he started in my class and he couldn't speak any English, but eventually he caught up. +with ▪ The US spent billions of dollars trying to catch up with the Soviet Union in space exploration in the early 60s. be caught up in 1. be caught up in sth to be involved in situation when you did not intend to become involved in it, and often when you do not want to be: ▪ 1,000 people are killed each month in Burundi. Most are civilians caught up in the fighting. ▪ Katherine was soon caught up in a dangerous web of suspicion, lies, and love. get caught up in sth ▪ I decided to keep quiet - I didn't want to get caught up in another endless, petty argument. 2. be caught up in sth if you are caught up in something, it stops you from moving or making progress: ▪ The country seemed to be caught up in its medieval past. get caught up in sth ▪ Sorry I'm late - I was caught up in the traffic. catch up on 1. catch up on sth to do something that you did not have time to do earlier: ▪ I need a couple of days to catch on my letter writing. ▪ The train journey to work takes 80 minutes, so he uses the time to catch up on his reading. catch up on your sleep ▪ It had been a frantic week, and I spent most of the weekend trying to catch up on my sleep. 2. catch up on sth to get the most recent information about something catch up on the news/gossip ▪ On Saturday nights his Gran always went down to the village, to catch up on all the gossip. ▪ It's Jill's birthday on April 2nd and they're having a party, so I'll catch up on the news then. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑catch up with catch up with 1. catch up with sb not passive if something bad catches up with you, it starts to cause problems which you have been able to avoid for a period of time, but are now forced to deal with: ▪ Footballer Paul McGrath admitted that his long-term knee problems are finally beginning to catch up with him. ▪ It seems she has a dark secret from her past which now threatens to catch up with her. 2. catch up with sb if someone in authority or the police catch up with you, they discover that you have been doing something wrong and punish you for it: ▪ Hughes had been avoiding paying his taxes for years before the authorities finally caught up with him. ▪ When the police caught up with him, they found his flat full of pornographic magazines and videos. 3. catch up with sb to meet someone you know after not seeing them for a period of time: ▪ Brian is returning from New Zealand for the first time in 12 years, and is keen to catch up with family and friends, especially his mother, Dolly. I'll catch up with you later spoken (=used to tell someone that you will talk to them later) ▪ I've got to dash off to a meeting now - I'll catch up with you later. 4. catch up with sth to do something that needs to be done, because you did not have time to do it earlier: ▪ Friday is a fairly quiet day, so I usually have chance to catch up with my paperwork. ▪ Third-year students desperately trying to catch up on second-year work. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑catch up on 5. catch up with sth to get the most recent information about something: ▪ The dinner was a pleasant opportunity for members to catch up with each other's news. ▪ The Computer Show is a good opportunity to catch up with the latest software developments. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑catch up on 6. catch up with sb to meet someone and ask them questions - used by newspaper and television reporters: ▪ Ferruccio Furlanetto is one of the world's leading operatic singers. I caught up with him in his villa just outside Salzburg. |
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