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

• 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；
• In this paper, the effects of the intersection of the classical error set upon the field are specially discussed on the basis of Operation of intersection classical error set.
  在《经典错误集并运算对论域的影响》一文基础上，本文专门研究了经典错误集的交运算对论域的影响。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• But my feet are set upon a road that I must follow.
  但我的腿定要踏上该走的路。
• This brutal regulation will be set upon by lawyers.
  这一粗暴的规章将受到律师们的猛烈攻击。
• 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。
• We were set upon by a band of robbers.
  我们遭到了一帮强盗的袭击。
• He is set upon by adversities; but he sings a song.
  逆境袭击他，但他却歌唱。