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

• 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。
• 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。
• All these curses will come upon you.
  这一切咒诅必追随你，赶上你，直到你灭亡。
• 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。
• 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。
• Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.
  我实在告诉你们，这一切的罪，都要归到这世代了。
• The Holy Spirit will come upon you.
  圣灵要降临到你身上。
• I've come upon the word several times.
  这个单词我已经碰到好几次了。
• 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。
• 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。