| 词汇 | catch up |
| 释义 | catch up 1. succeed in pursuing; overtake; follow and finally reach 赶上；追上 * You'd better drive faster, beacuse the others are catching up quickly. 你最好快点开，别人很快就会赶上来。 * You go on ahead; I'll catch you up in a few minutes. 你前面走，我将在几分钟内赶上。 * There was a tenmile chase before the thieves were caught up by the police car. 追了10英里，警察的车子才赶上盗窃犯。 2. seize hurriedly; take or pick up suddenly; be dragged into 突然拿起；匆忙抓住；被抱进 * He caught up the ball as it rolled along and threw it back. 当球向前滚动时，他急忙抓了起来就向后投去。 * He caught up a stick and struck out at that man. 他急忙抓起一根木棍向那人打去。 3. capture or trap ... in a situation; concern or interest very much 俘获；卷进；非常关心或极感兴趣（常与in 连用在被动结构中） * His clothing was caught up in the machine. 他的衣服被卷进了机器中。 * He regretted having been caught up in the affair. 他后悔当初卷进了这件事。 * I was so caught up in the movie that I forgot the time. 我对这部电影入了迷，以至于连时间都忘了。 4. adopt 采用；借用 * These phrases were caught up and immediately became popular. 这些短语已被采用而且很快就流行了。 5. provide with the latest information 提供…最新消息 * They caught us up on what's happening at the front. 他们把前线的最新消息告诉了我们。 6. follow and understand 听懂；理解 * They can't catch up what the foreign guest said. 他们听不懂外宾讲的话。 |
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