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

• After dinner, he told this story: Three days out of Zans, he was set upon by wild nomads.
  吃完饭，他讲了他的故事：离开赞斯三天后，他遭到了野蛮的游牧人的袭击。
• His head is set upon him in such a fashion as to give him a proud and vigorous air.
  他的那颗脑袋长得是如此神气，使他神情高贵而又朝气蓬勃。
• 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。
• If a child is set upon by a pack of hounds, does it matter which one tears out his throat?
  若一个孩子被一群猎狗袭击，是哪一个撕烂了他的喉咙又有什么不同？
• Or set upon a golden bough to sing
  或者就镶在金树枝上歌唱
• He is set upon by adversities; but he sings a song.
  逆境袭击他，但他却歌唱。
• We were set upon by a band of robbers.
  我们遭到了一帮强盗的袭击。
• But my feet are set upon a road that I must follow.
  但我的腿定要踏上该走的路。
• 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！