1、catch up with
捕获;擒获;捉拿到
The law caught up with him yesterday.
昨天,他被捉拿归案。
和…算旧账;使…最终尝到苦果
Although he subsequently became a successful businessman, his criminal past caught up with him.
尽管后来他成了事业有成的生意人,以前的犯罪前科终究让他尝到了苦果。
2、build up
(使)积聚;(使)逐渐增加
The regime built up the largest army in Africa.
该政权逐渐建立起一支非洲规模最大的军队。
The collection has been built up over the last seventeen years.
在过去的17年中,收藏的规模不断扩大。
增强…的体质;建立…的信心
Build her up with kindness and a sympathetic ear.
用友善和富有同情心的倾听来重拾她的信心。
Dr. Johnson and I have been trying to build him up physically.
约翰逊医生和我一直试图增强他的体质。
吹捧;抬举
The media will report on it and the tabloids will build it up.
媒体会报道此事,小报则会大肆吹捧。
Historians built him up as the champion of parliament.
历史学家把他誉为议会的捍卫者。
3、catch on
明白;认识到
He got what he could out of me before I caught on to the kind of person he'd turned into.
我还没有意识到他已经变成了那样的人,他就已经从我这儿把能套走的都套走了。
Wait a minute! I'm beginning to catch on.
等一下!我开始有点懂了。
时兴;流行
The idea has been around for ages without catching on.
这个观点已经提出来有年头了,可是一直没被广泛接受。