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

• "My doom has come upon me," said the Witch in a voice of horrible calmness.
  “我的末日到了。”女巫的声膏里有一种可怕的平静。
• 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。
• I've come upon the word several times.
  这个单词我已经碰到好几次了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 await the day of distress that will come upon the people who attack us.
  我在静待那困难的日子，因为那日子必要临于进攻我们的民族身上。
• This is the journey the mind had to take to come upon this beauty without the word.
  这就是心灵要不用语言地遭遇这美所必须要走的旅程。
• 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。