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。

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

Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction.
恐惧和陷坑，残害和毁灭，都临近我们。
When a disaster come upon us, will you grasp my hands tightly?
当灾难突然降临时，你会紧紧的抓住我的手吗？
Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
嗐，你们这些富足人哪，应当哭泣，号啕，因为将有苦难临到你们身上。
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。
I've come upon the word several times.
这个单词我已经碰到好几次了。
She's come upon our speciai request.
她是受到我们特殊的邀请。
The age of myth and miracle had come upon the world again.
神话和奇迹的时代又回到人间。
He might come upon us and make us compensate the loss when he came to realize the truth.
等他醒悟过来时，他可能会要求我们赔偿损失的。
That means you have not come upon your own being which is unique without any need of proof.
那意味着你还没有发现你自己那种独一无二的、无需证明的存在。
The economic ills we suffer have come upon us over several decades.
我们的经济弊病是在过去几十年中积累下来的。