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1.catch up with 赶上，追上

We'll do our best to catch up with the advanced world levels.
我们将努力赶上世界先进水平。

They should take some crash courses to catch up with their classmates.
他们应该参加一些速成课程来赶上他们的同学。

2.jump to 赶快，立即

A jump to an initiating receive activity, that has no correlation defined, should be avoided.
应避免跳转到正在进行初始化且没有定义相关性的接收活动。

This function returns an anonymous visitor function that will jump to the next node if the node is not of the correct type.
此函数返回一个匿名访问者函数，如果节点的类型不正确，则该函数将跳转到下一个节点。

3.seem to 似乎，好象；看起来

Some people seem to be always lucky.
有些人似乎从来都是幸运的。

I seem to see someone going into my house.
我好像看见有人走进了我的家。

4.thanks to 由于，幸亏

He preceded his speech with a vote of thanks to the committee.
他发表讲话前先提议向全体委员表示感谢。

To be sure, war, violence and poverty are still with us and we as mankind are probably more aware of these problems worldwide than ever before thanks to advances in technology and communication.
毫无疑问，战争、暴力以及贫穷仍然伴随着我们，并且，作为人类，由于技术与通信的进步，我们可能比以往任何时候都更深切地意识到了这些问题。