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

• 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。
• He was set upon by two masked men.
  他受到两个蒙面人的袭击。
• But my feet are set upon a road that I must follow.
  但我的腿定要踏上该走的路。
• Sino-American relations can be highly improved if the two leaders will be set upon cooperation.
  假如两国领袖决心合作，中美关系将会大大的改进。
• 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。
• Then the glass coffin was set upon the mountain.
  然后玻璃棺材被安置在山顶上。
• He is set upon by adversities; but he sings a song.
  逆境袭击他，但他却歌唱。
• We were set upon by a band of robbers.
  我们遭到了一帮强盗的袭击。
• It showed how long Paul's childish life had been to him, and how his hopes were set upon a later stage of his existence.
  它表明，保罗的童年生活对他是显得多么长久，同时他的希望是怎样寄托在他生命的较后阶段的。
• Or set upon a golden bough to sing
  或者就镶在金树枝上歌唱