come upon

英 [kʌm əˈpɒn]

美 [kʌm əˈpɑːn]

偶然碰到（或发现）; （某种态度或感觉）开始影响（某人）

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 偶然碰到(或发现)
  If youcome uponsomeone or something, you meet them or find them by chance.
  1. I came upon an irresistible item at a yard sale.
     在一次庭院拍卖会上，我偶然发现了一个忍不住想买的东西。
• PHRASAL VERB 产生(某种态度或感觉)
  If an attitude or feelingcomes uponyou, it begins to affect you.
  1. A sense of impending doom came upon all of us.
     我们所有人都有一种大难临头的感觉。

英英释义

verb

• take possession of
  1. She entered upon the estate of her rich relatives
  Synonym:enter uponluck into
• find unexpectedly
  1. the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb
  2. she struck a goldmine
  3. The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake
  Synonym:fall uponstrikelight uponchance uponcome acrosschance onhappen uponattaindiscover

双语例句

• Occasionally I come upon a familiar concept in my philosophical reading, one which I recognize as my own.
  偶尔在阅读中我会发现一些熟悉的概念，有一个仿佛就是我曾经自创的。
• Beauty and poverty make Mary come upon the town.
  美丽和贫困使玛丽沦为娼妓。
• Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction.
  恐惧和陷坑，残害和毁灭，都临近我们。
• No! Do not let me see the misery that would come upon my father.
  恐怕我看见灾祸临到我父亲身上。
• All these curses will come upon you.
  这一切咒诅必追随你，赶上你，直到你灭亡。
• He said to himself,@ Surely this has come upon me because of my sin.
  他自言自语说：这一定是我罪过的报应。饿狼自言自语地说：我好笨啊我可以向他问路，她自言自语地说。
• I await the day of distress that will come upon the people who attack us.
  我在静待那困难的日子，因为那日子必要临于进攻我们的民族身上。
• A sense of impending doom came upon all of us.
  我们所有人都有一种大难临头的感觉。
• When a disaster come upon us, will you grasp my hands tightly?
  当灾难突然降临时，你会紧紧的抓住我的手吗？
• The age of myth and miracle had come upon the world again.
  神话和奇迹的时代又回到人间。