to catch up with · to keep pace with

跟上

gēn shàng

g+ēn·1st tonesh+àng·4th tone

WordHSK 7-9

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

看到这个以后，我不得不想到：北京的居民能跟上那么快的速度吗？

Tom struggled to keep up with Mary.

Tom努力跟上Mary。

You made the same mistake as last time.

你犯了跟上次相同的错误。

Tom is gaining on us, isn't he?

汤姆快跟上了，不是吗？

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.

由于农业的发展，食品全球产量能够跟上人口的增长，但只是牺牲了将来。

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