[이 단어 나만 몰랐어?] catch up 붙잡아? : 같이 사용하는 전치사 (on/with/in/to) 와 문맥에 따라 뜻이 달라져!

 

 

궁금하게 된 배경

- Pachinko 5장:  Hansu caught up with Sunja

 

 

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본격 해부

 

 

> 밀린 소식을 update 한다!

• Catch up with (someone)
  • 뜻: 오랜만에 누군가와 만났을 때 서로의 근황을 나누다.
  • 예문: It was great to catch up with my old friends from high school last weekend.
  • 예문: Let me catch you up on what happened at the meeting yesterday.
    • == I'll talk to you later!
  • 예문: I need to catch up with the latest AI research trends.
    • 최신 trend를 계속해서 유지 (stay informed) 하려면 catch up with! 
• Catch up on (something)
  • 뜻: 밀린 일이나 정보를 따라잡다.
  • 예문: I need to catch up on the news; I've been too busy to watch TV.
  • I have been on vacation for two weeks, so I need to catch up on the work I missed. 
    • 위의 trend와 다르게 "그 소식"에 대한 update가 필요할때는 on

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> (어떤 상황이나 사람에) 사로잡혀버리다 or 사로잡다 (따라잡다) 

• Catch up with (something)
  • 뜻: 어떤 행동의 결과가 결국 자신에게 영향을 미치다.
  • 예문: His bad habits finally caught up with him, and now he's paying the price.
• Catch up to (something/someone)
  • 뜻: 어떤 수준이나 속도를 따라잡다.
  • 예문: She runs so fast that it took me a while to catch up to her.
• Get/be caught up (in something)
  • 뜻: 어떤 상황에 휘말리다.
  • 예문: I got caught up in traffic, so I was late to the meeting
  • She was so caught up in her work that she forgot to eat lunch.
    (그녀는 일에 너무 몰두해서 점심 먹는 것을 잊었다.)
  • He was caught up in guilt after the incident.
    (그는 그 사건 이후 죄책감에 사로잡혔다.)

 

 

 

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Self 테스트

 

1. I’ve been so busy lately that I need to _________ all the latest news.
2. She was so focused on her work that she didn’t realize how much she needed to _________  her colleagues.
3. He spent the afternoon trying to _________  the tasks he had missed during his vacation.
4. I got _________  a long conversation with my boss, and now I’m running late.
5. After months of falling behind, she finally managed to _________ her studies.
6. The kids were playing, and before I knew it, they had _________ a mess of toys everywhere.
7. He runs so fast that it took me a while to _________ him during our morning jog.
8. We got _________ the excitement of the festival and lost track of time.
9. After moving to a new city, I had to work hard to _________ my old friends.
10. His past mistakes eventually _________ him, affecting his career.

정답:

1. catch up with
2. catch up to
3. catch up with
4. caught up in
5. catch up with
6. gotten caught up in
7. catch up to
8. caught up in
9. catch up with
10. caught up with

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지식이 +1 하려고 했다가 +10 됐습니다~