catch up

柯林斯词典

1. PHRASAL VERB If you catch up with someone who is in front of you, you reach them by walking faster than they are walking. 趕上 (某人)
I stopped and waited for her to catch up. 我停下來等她趕上。
2. PHRASAL VERB To catch up with someone means to reach the same standard, stage, or level that they have reached. (在標準、進度、水平上) 追上
Most late developers will catch up with their friends. 絕大多數發育晚的人都將趕上他們的朋友們。
John began the season better than me but I have fought to catch up. 約翰起步的時機比我好，但我還是努力追趕上了。
3. PHRASAL VERB If you catch up on an activity that you have not had much time to do recently, you spend time doing it. 趕做; 補做
I was catching up on a bit of reading. 我正趕著讀點東西。
4. PHRASAL VERB If you catch up on friends who you have not seen for some time or on their lives, you talk to them and find out what has happened in their lives since you last talked together. 敘舊
The ladies spent some time catching up on each other's health and families. 女士們花了些時間聊聊彼此的健康和家庭情況。
5. PHRASAL VERB If you are caught up in something, you are involved in it, usually unwillingly. 被卷入 (通常是不情願地)
The people themselves weren't part of the conflict; they were just caught up in it. 這些人本身竝未蓡與到這場沖突中，他們衹是被卷進去而已。