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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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；
• As he left the theatre, the singer was set upon by fans.
  歌星离开剧院时，遭到了歌迷们的围困。
• Now you have come to the end of your journey, and are set upon making good any karma you may have outstanding.
  现在你们已经来到了你们的旅程的尽头，正开始补偿任何你们可能拥有的未解决的业力。
• The old woman set upon the thief as if mad.
  那个老妇人发疯似地扑向小偷。
• They shall be set upon the most pure candlestick before the Lord continually.
  亚郎应把这些灯放在纯金台上，在上主面前长燃不熄。
• We were set upon by a band of robbers.
  我们遭到了一帮强盗的袭击。