
美:/'kɔːt ʌp/
v. 抓起,捉住
Nick caught up with me and rode alongside.
尼克赶上了我,并排骑车前进。
He was unwittingly caught up in the confrontation.
他无意中陷入了这场冲突。
They were caught up in a whirling vortex of emotion.
他们陷入了感情旋涡。
We get so caught up in that fantasy that we become addicted to the dream itself. Yet we are scared of seeing it realized, of it becoming reality.
我们太陷入那种幻想的观点了,以至于我们开始沉醉于梦想本身。我们甚至害怕看到它的实现或看到它成为现实。
The law caught up with him yesterday.
他于昨日落入法网。
v.|snatch up;抓起,捉住
“caught up”是英语中常见的短语动词,其含义根据语境可分为以下三类:
1. 被卷入(情绪或事件)
表示因外界因素陷入某种状态,常带有被动性。例如:“She was caught up in the excitement of the crowd”(她被人群的兴奋情绪感染)。这种用法强调外部环境对个体的强烈影响,常见于描述突发事件或群体行为。
2. 追赶进度或弥补差距
指在落后情况下通过努力达到预期标准。例如:“After missing two classes, he stayed late to catch up on assignments”(缺课两次后,他熬夜补作业)。该含义突出时间或任务上的紧迫性。
3. 专注于或沉浸于某事
描述对某事物产生深度投入的状态。例如:“They were so caught up in their conversation that they missed the train”(他们沉浸在谈话中,以至于错过了火车)。此语境下常与介词“in”连用,表达注意力高度集中。
该短语的语义演变反映了英语中“catch”从具体动作(抓取)到抽象概念(感知状态)的延伸,这一过程符合语言学家对动词隐喻化的普遍观察(详见语义学相关研究)。
“Caught up”是动词短语“catch up”的过去式和过去分词形式,具体含义需结合语境理解:
根据具体语境选择合适释义,注意搭配的介词差异。
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