词组 | catch up |
释义 | 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. |
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