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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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；
• But my feet are set upon a road that I must follow.
  但我的腿定要踏上该走的路。
• 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？
• We were set upon by a band of robbers.
  我们遭到了一帮强盗的袭击。
• I forgot all else, I shunned all the world, I gazed in rapt contemplation at the image I had set upon the altar.
  我忘掉一切，我躲避大千世界，我神注目夺地凝视着我安放在龛里的偶像。