catch up with
赶上; 追上; 和…算旧账; 使…最终尝到苦果
ph.
1. Smoking will catch up with you sooner or later.
吸烟迟早会使你受害不浅。
2. Let''s hurry and catch up with the group ahead.
我们快点,赶上前面的那一伙人。
1. 赶上:111. in case of如果;万一 | 112. catch up with 赶上 | 113. catch a cold 感冒
2. 追上,赶上:catch sight of / / 发现,突然看见 | catch up with / / 追上,赶上 | check in / / 办理登记手续
3. 赶上;指出...出了差错:catch sight of 发现,看到,突然看见 | catch up with 赶上;指出...出了差错 | catch up 赶上;打断...的话
4. 赶上(或超过):carry out 开展,执行 | catch up with 赶上(或超过) | change into 转换成,把. . . 变成
1. 捕获;擒获;捉拿到
When people catch up with someone who has done something wrong, they succeed in finding them in order to arrest or punish them.
e.g. The law caught up with him yesterday.
昨天,他被捉拿归案。
2. 和…算旧账;使…最终尝到苦果
If something catches up with you, you are forced to deal with something unpleasant that happened or that you did in the past, which you have been able to avoid until now.
e.g. Although he subsequently became a successful businessman, his criminal past caught up with him.
尽管后来他成了事业有成的生意人,以前的犯罪前科终究让他尝到了苦果。
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