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

• 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。
• 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。
• The stars were set upon a blue field, in the words of the Congress's resolution," representing a new constellation "in the night sky.
  据制宪会议解释，这些以一片蓝色为背景的星星“代表夜空中的一个新星座”。
• But my feet are set upon a road that I must follow.
  但我的腿定要踏上该走的路。
• Temperature control range is set upon requirement at discretion.
  温控范围可根据用户需要自由设定。
• The old woman set upon the thief as if mad.
  那个老妇人发疯似地扑向小偷。
• A truly quixotic landscape is seen in Salvador Dal í' s 1946 painting The Temptation of St. Anthony ( top right), which depicts a metropolis set upon the backs of animals.
  萨尔瓦多·达利（SalvadorDalí）1946年的油画《圣安东尼的诱惑》（TheTemptationofSt.Anthony，右上）描绘了一个建在动物背上的大都市，那是真正的空想风景。
• Then the glass coffin was set upon the mountain.
  然后玻璃棺材被安置在山顶上。
• In 1991 he and his friends defended themselves against some white racist thugs who set upon them for no other reason than their skin colour.
  1991年，他和朋友在面对几个仅仅因为肤色就攻击他们的白人种族主义暴徒时奋起自卫。
• He is set upon by adversities; but he sings a song.
  逆境袭击他，但他却歌唱。