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

• 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。
• The old woman set upon the thief as if mad.
  那个老妇人发疯似地扑向小偷。
• 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。
• Or set upon a golden bough to sing
  或者就镶在金树枝上歌唱
• 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。
• 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。
• Roll the dough out and place it on a baking pan with baking paper. Spread the apricot jam on top of it. The two boys frantically grabbed the rolling pin and the coal shovel and set upon their father.
  取出面团放到铺了烤纸的烤盘上，擀开，然后把果酱均匀的抹上。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。
• After dinner, he told this story: Three days out of Zans, he was set upon by wild nomads.
  吃完饭，他讲了他的故事：离开赞斯三天后，他遭到了野蛮的游牧人的袭击。
• But my feet are set upon a road that I must follow.
  但我的腿定要踏上该走的路。
• We were set upon by a band of robbers.
  我们遭到了一帮强盗的袭击。