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

• I come upon a group of children play in the street.
  我遇到一群孩子在街上玩耍。
• I've come upon the word several times.
  这个单词我已经碰到好几次了。
• These accesses of his disorder might come upon him at any moment.
  他的疾病随时都可能发作。
• If you're unlucky enough to come upon one of these dangerous creatures.
  如果你不幸遇上了一个这样的危险生物。
• As we grow old, the changes come upon us so slowly that they are almost imperceptible.
  当我们变老时，在我们身上发生的变化是如此缓慢，几乎难以察觉。
• All these curses will come upon you.
  这一切咒诅必追随你，赶上你，直到你灭亡。
• 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。
• Beauty and poverty make Mary come upon the town.
  美丽和贫困使玛丽沦为娼妓。
• When these things come upon you according to this blessing and this curse that I have set before you, you will recall them among the nations where Yahweh, your God, has driven you.
  几时这一切事，就是我在你面前提出的祝福和诅咒，来到你身上，而你在上主你的天主驱逐你去的异族中，回心转意。
• I know that it is my fault that this great storm has come upon you.
  我知道你们遭这大风，是因我的缘故。