hit upon

英 [hɪt əˈpɒn]

美 [hɪt əˈpɑːn]

突然想出（主意或解决办法）; 对…进行性挑逗

柯林斯词典

• → see:hit on

双语例句

• I hit upon a good plan.
  我想到一个好计划。
• He thought it over and over and finally hit upon a good idea.
  他想来想去，总算想出了一个好主意。
• The impressive inventor, Thomas Edison, used this state to hit upon many of his new ideas.
  著名的发明家，爱迪生，使用这个状态打开了许多它的灵感。
• If I hit upon the right name, her fingers snapped.
  如果碰巧我把名字说对了，她的手指便啪地打一个榧子。
• Sometimes he would hit upon strange ideas.
  他有时会突发奇想。
• They had clearly hit upon a pressing need. He turned to me in his great need.
  他们显然满足了一项迫切的需求。他在迫切需要时向我求助。
• Darby was looking for a way to improve iron when he hit upon the idea of smelting it with coke instead of charcoal.
  达比一直在寻找改善铁质的方法，他猛然想到可以不用木炭熔炼，而改用焦炭。
• It's a rare book. I hit upon it in a small bookshop.
  这是一本难得的书，是在一个小书店碰上的。
• The author hit upon the idea for a new book when he overheard two people talking in a restaurant.
  那位作家在餐馆无意中听到两个人的谈话，便萌生了写一本新书的想法。
• They hit upon another idea to augment their income.
  他们又想出一个增加收入的办法。