跟不上

• 拼音: gēn bu shàng
• 汉字拆解: 跟 = 足 + 艮 (to follow on foot); 不 = negation; 上 = up/on

含义

Unable to keep up; to fall behind. Failing to match the pace or level of something or someone.

Used for physical pace, intellectual progress, technological change, or social trends. Implies a gap that may be temporary or structural.

例句

1. 他跑得太快，我跟不上。
2. 课程进度太快，很多同学跟不上。
3. 传统行业跟不上数字化转型的步伐。

用法指南

语境: education, work, technology, sport

语气: neutral

正确说法

• 市场变化太快，很多企业跟不上。(The market is changing too fast; many companies can't keep up.)
• 她的思维跳跃太快，我经常跟不上。(Her thinking jumps around so fast I often can't follow.)

错误说法

• 我跟不上你 for emotional detachment — use 跟不上你的步伐 to clarify it is pace, not relationship

起源与历史

跟 (follow) + 不上 (unable to reach/catch)

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal