catch up ( catching, caught, catches )

• 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. 赶上 (某人)

  例：

  I stopped and waited for her to catch up.

  我停下来等她赶上。

• 2. 

  PHRASAL VERB To catch up with someone means to reach the same standard, stage, or level that they have reached. (在标准、进度、水平上) 追上

  例：

  Most late developers will catch up with their friends.

  绝大多数发育晚的人都将赶上他们的朋友们。

  例：

  John began the season better than me but I have fought to catch up.

  约翰起步的时机比我好，但我还是努力追赶上了。

• 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. 赶做; 补做

  例：

  I was catching up on a bit of reading.

  我正赶着读点东西。

• 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. 叙旧

  例：

  The ladies spent some time catching up on each other's health and families.

  女士们花了些时间聊聊彼此的健康和家庭情况。

• 5. 

  PHRASAL VERB If you are caught up in something, you are involved in it, usually unwillingly. 被卷入 (通常是不情愿地)

  例：

  The people themselves weren't part of the conflict; they were just caught up in it.

  这些人本身并未参与到这场冲突中，他们只是被卷进去而已。