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 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”。
• Now you have come to the end of your journey, and are set upon making good any karma you may have outstanding.
  现在你们已经来到了你们的旅程的尽头，正开始补偿任何你们可能拥有的未解决的业力。
• If a child is set upon by a pack of hounds, does it matter which one tears out his throat?
  若一个孩子被一群猎狗袭击，是哪一个撕烂了他的喉咙又有什么不同？
• 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。
• A truly quixotic landscape is seen in Salvador Dal í' s 1946 painting The Temptation of St. Anthony ( top right), which depicts a metropolis set upon the backs of animals.
  萨尔瓦多·达利（SalvadorDalí）1946年的油画《圣安东尼的诱惑》（TheTemptationofSt.Anthony，右上）描绘了一个建在动物背上的大都市，那是真正的空想风景。
• 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。
• I forgot all else, I shunned all the world, I gazed in rapt contemplation at the image I had set upon the altar.
  我忘掉一切，我躲避大千世界，我神注目夺地凝视着我安放在龛里的偶像。
• He is set upon by adversities; but he sings a song.
  逆境袭击他，但他却歌唱。
• 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。