catch up with

动词 catch up with:

1. catch up with and possibly overtake
   同义词：overtake, catch
2. make up work that was missed due to absence at a later point
   同义词：make up

1. Old age and infirmity had begun to catch up with him.
   他开始显出年老体衰的样子了。
2. She walked too slowly to catch up with us.
   她走得太慢，跟不上我们。
3. He walked too slowly to catch up with me.
   他走得太慢而不能跟上我。
4. A Soviet crash program to catch up with the West in designing powerful new computers is beginning to pay off, but the Russians still lag far behind, according to industry reports.
   根据电脑业报导，苏联为了在设计强力新型电脑上赶上西方所实行的紧急计划，已开始收效，可是俄国人仍远远落后。
5. We have done all we could to catch up with them.
   我们已经尽了一切可能来赶上他们。
6. I have to work hard to catch up with the other students.
   要想赶上其他同学，我得特别努力才行。