動詞 catch up with:

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

1. Old age and infirmity had begun to catch up with him.
   他開始顯出年老體衰的樣子了。
2. She walked too slowly to catch up with us.
   她走得太慢，跟不上我們。
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.
   根據(jù)電腦業(yè)報導，蘇聯(lián)為了在設計強力新型電腦上趕上西方所實行的緊急計劃，已開始收效，可是俄國人仍遠遠落后。
5. We have done all we could to catch up with them.
   我們已經盡了一切可能來趕上他們。
6. I have to work hard to catch up with the other students.
   要想趕上其他同學，我得特別努力才行。