| 词汇 | catch-up-with |
| 释义 | catch up with someonephrasal verb with catchverbuk /kætʃ/ us /kætʃ/caught | caught (CAUSE PROBLEMS)C2 If something bad that you have done or that has been happening to you catches up with you, it begins to cause problems for you: （坏事）纠缠住…，给…带来麻烦 His lies will catch up with him one day.他总有一天会尝到撒谎的苦头。 Causing anxiety and worry alarming alarmingly bite come back to bite someoneidiom come home to roostidiom disturb dread frighten someone/something away/off get/go beyond a jokeidiom give someone the jimjamsidiom give someone the jittersidiom gnaw oppressive rattle roost stressfully suspenseful suspensefully suspensive swatting (PUNISH)If people in authority catch up with you, they discover that you have been doing something wrong and often punish you for it: 抓住并惩罚… They had been selling stolen cars for years before the police caught up with them.在被警方抓住之前，他们多年来一直从事贩卖赃车的勾当。 Punishing & punishments ankle bracelet ankle tag attach ball and chain bar be brought/called to accountidiom discipline endorsement flay flay someone aliveidiom get what's coming to youidiom gross misconduct grounded penalty sentence skin someone aliveidiom slam dunk sort sort something out spare the rod and spoil the childidiom (TALK TO)to communicate with someone by talking in person or on the phone or by exchanging messages, and learn or discuss what has been happening in their life: She spends hours on the phone, catching up with old friends. I must catch up with you some time. Who says you can only catch up with family at Christmas? Some people are so busy, they have to schedule a 20-minute meeting at 7 a.m. just to catch up with a friend. Informal talking & conversation a problem shared is a problem halvedidiom banter bantering banteringly bants bloviate bull session buzz catch chew the fatidiom conversation conversational gambit pass persiflage put the world to rightsidiom speech take/lead someone on/to one sideidiom talk some sense into sbidiom tête-à-tête |
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