单词 | 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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