1. After the combination of the financial crisis and covid-19, the EU’s output will be 20%, or 3trn euros, smaller than if it had kept up the growth it managed in 2000-07.
keep up 继续做；跟上…
The company agreed to keep up high levels of output in order to compensate for supplies lost
这家公司同意保持高产量以弥补供货丢失带来的缺口。
2. Europe can take comfort from the fact that the vaccination programme will catch up over the summer.
catch up 赶上
He started working hard much too late in the day ─ he couldn't possibly catch up.
他开始努力工作已为时太晚——不可能赶上了。
