catch up
—phrasal verbwithcatchverbuk/kætʃ/us/kætʃ/caught|caught
(REACH SAME STANDARD)
C1
toreachthe samequalityorstandardas someone or somethingelse
达到同样质量（或水平）；赶上
WillWesternindustryevercatchupwithJapaneseinnovations?西方国家的工业会赶上日本的创新吗？
He was offschoolfor a while and isfindingit hard tocatchup.他休学了一段时间，现在发现要跟上很吃力。
(DO SOMETHING)
B2
to do something you did not havetimeto doearlier
补做；赶做
She'sstayinglate at theofficetocatchupwith/onsomereports.她在办公室呆到很晚，赶写几份报告。
(DISCUSS)
B2
tolearnordiscussthelatestnews
了解（或讨论）最新情况
Let's go for acoffee- I need tocatchuponall thegossip.我们去喝杯咖啡——我需要了解各种最新的小道消息。