| 词组 | catch up with |
| 释义 | 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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