sneak up on

英 [sniːk ʌp ɒn]

美 [sniːk ʌp ɑːn]

偷偷走近; 偷偷挨近; 突然降临; 出其不意地发生

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 偷偷地走近;偷偷地挨近
  If someonesneaks up onyou, they try and approach you without being seen or heard, perhaps to surprise you or do you harm.
  1. I managed to sneak up on him when you knocked on the door.
     你敲门的时候，我设法悄悄靠近了他。
• PHRASAL VERB 突然降临;出其不意地发生
  If somethingsneaks up onyou, it happens or occurs when you are not expecting it.
  1. Sometimes our expectations sneak up on us unawares.
     有些时候，我们期待的事情会不期而至。

双语例句

• I thought I'd sneak up on him and give him a surprise.
  我打算趁他不注意突然走到他身边让他大吃一惊。
• You can try repositioning yourself within the cubicle so that people cannot sneak up on you.
  你可以重新调整自己在小隔间的位置，以防同事们悄悄地靠近你而把你吓到。
• Do you expect to sneak up on him?
  你指望能悄悄地偷袭他吗？
• Did you ever attempt to sneak up on the mirror in the hope that you might find your reflection napping?
  你是否曾经尝试悄悄地走近镜子，希望或许能发现自己的影像正在打盹儿？
• Don't sneak up on me.
  别偷偷的靠近我。
• Don't sneak up on people like that.
  别跟个鬼一样突然出现在我背后。
• Male giraffes are preyed upon more often than the smaller females; they generally spend more time alone, so lions can sneak up on them.
  比起体型较小的雌性长颈鹿，雄性长颈鹿更常被捕食。它们通常会花更多时间独处，所以狮子得以悄悄地接近它们。
• I managed to sneak up on him when you knocked on the door.
  你敲门的时候，我设法悄悄靠近了他。
• "Tom sawyer, you are just as mean as you can be, to sneak up on a person and look at what they're looking at."
  “汤姆索亚，你真卑鄙，偷看别人，还偷看人家正在看的东西。”
• Most of the time your choice will sneak up on you before you even realize you've made a decision.
  多数时候，在你甚至发现自己做出了一个决定之前，你的选择就悄然来到你身边。