跟上 – vocab dash

跟上gēnshàng

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Meanings

1. to catch up with

2. to keep pace with

Characters used

跟heel 上above

Examples6

Tom努力nǔlì跟上gēnshàngMary。

Tom struggled to keep up with Mary.

跟上gēnshàng那nà辆liàng车chē。

Follow that car.

跟上gēnshàng最近zuìjìn潮流cháoliú时尚shíshàng是shì件jiàn非常fēicháng花钱huāqián的de事儿shìr。

It is very expensive to keep up with the latest fashions.

看到kàndào这个zhège以后yǐhòu，我wǒ不得不bùdébù想到xiǎngdào：北京的de居民jūmín能néng跟上gēnshàng那么nàme快kuài的de速度sùdù吗ma？

On seeing this, I can't help thinking: Can the residents of Beijing keep up with such a pace?

由于yóuyú农业nóngyè的de发展fāzhǎn，食品shípǐn全球quánqiú产量chǎnliàng能够nénggòu跟上gēnshàng人口rénkǒu的de增长zēngzhǎng，但dàn只是zhǐshì牺牲xīshēng了le将来jiānglái。

Thanks to the development of agricultural science, world food production has managed to keep up with population growth - but only at the expense of the future.

汤姆Tāngmǔ快kuài跟上gēnshàng了le，不是bùshì吗ma？

Tom is gaining on us, isn't he?