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

• 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。
• 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。
• The two boys frantically grabbed the rolling pin and the coal shovel and set upon their father.
  两个孩子急了，一个拿起煤铲，一个抄起擀面杖，和爸爸拚了命。
• This brutal regulation will be set upon by lawyers.
  这一粗暴的规章将受到律师们的猛烈攻击。
• If you want to, you can now set upon exploring environments that are not physical, but I do not see any rush of students at that invisible door!
  如果你想要，你现在就可以探索非物质的环境，但我并未看到有哪个学生冲向那扇看不见的门！
• He is set upon by adversities; but he sings a song.
  逆境袭击他，但他却歌唱。
• In running a race the eye and heart are ever set upon the goal and the prize.
  在竞赛场上，我们定睛于目标，为要得著奖赏；
• 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。
• 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。