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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• He was set upon by two masked men.
  他受到两个蒙面人的袭击。
• 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。
• 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。