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catch up with sb
1. to finally find someone who has been doing something illegal and punish them
• 〔终于〕抓住并惩罚〔某人〕:
»It took six years for the law to catch up with them.
花了六年时间才终于将他们绳之以法。
2. if something bad from the past catches up with you, you cannot avoid dealing with it any longer
• 〔过去的坏事〕缠身，找上门来算账:
»At the end of the movie his murky past catches up with him.
在电影结尾，他那不清白的过去终于来找他算账了。
ˌcatch 'up (with sb) (BrE also ˌcatch sb 'up)
1. to reach sb who is ahead by going faster
赶上,追上(某人):
Go on ahead. I'll catch up with you.
你先走,我随后赶上你。
I'll catch you up.
我会追上你的。
2. to reach the same level or standard as sb who was better or more advanced
赶上,达到(某水平):
After missing a term through illness he had to work hard to catch up with the others.
他因病休学一学期,不得不努力学习好赶上别的同学。
▪ ˌcatch 'up with sb
1. to finally start to cause problems for sb after they have managed to avoid this for some time
产生(曾设法避免的)问题:
She was terrified that one day her past problems would catch up with her.
她十分害怕过去的问题总有一天又会来困扰她。
2. if the police or authorities catch up with sb, they find and punish them after some time
终于查到某人头上:
The law caught up with him years later when he had moved to Spain.
多年后当他已移居西班牙时最终还是受到法律的制裁。
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发表于 2021-12-4 03:24:50