set upon

英 [set əˈpɒn]

美 [set əˈpɑːn]

突然攻击; 袭击

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 突然攻击;袭击
  If youare set uponby people, they make a sudden and unexpected physical attack on you.
  1. We were set upon by about twelve youths and I was kicked unconscious.
     我们遭到了大约 12 名青年的袭击，我被踢晕过去了。

双语例句

• The two boys frantically grabbed the rolling pin and the coal shovel and set upon their father.
  两个孩子急了，一个拿起煤铲，一个抄起擀面杖，和爸爸拚了命。
• They shall be set upon the most pure candlestick before the Lord continually.
  亚郎应把这些灯放在纯金台上，在上主面前长燃不熄。
• We were set upon by a band of robbers.
  我们遭到了一帮强盗的袭击。
• However much your heart may be set upon a1930s rose-gold Rolex Bubbleback, you cannot go to your nearest dealer and order one as you would a Rolex DateJust.
  不管你有多么想要得到一块30年代产的玫瑰金劳力士“Bubbleback”，你都不能像买劳力士“DateJust”那样找最近的经销商订购一块。
• We were set upon by about twelve youths and I was kicked unconscious.
  我们遭到了大约12名青年的袭击，我被踢晕过去了。
• His mind was now set upon the dollar problem; this was grim indeed.
  他现在把全部心思都用来考虑美元问题；这的确是一个困难的问题。
• But my feet are set upon a road that I must follow.
  但我的腿定要踏上该走的路。
• In running a race the eye and heart are ever set upon the goal and the prize.
  在竞赛场上，我们定睛于目标，为要得著奖赏；
• The stars were set upon a blue field, in the words of the Congress's resolution," representing a new constellation "in the night sky.
  据制宪会议解释，这些以一片蓝色为背景的星星“代表夜空中的一个新星座”。
• Then the glass coffin was set upon the mountain.
  然后玻璃棺材被安置在山顶上。