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

• Beauty and poverty make Mary come upon the town.
  美丽和贫困使玛丽沦为娼妓。
• 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。
• 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 Flower thought she had suddenly come upon the summer.
  这朵花儿以为它已经进入夏天了。
• 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 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。
• Occasionally I come upon a familiar concept in my philosophical reading, one which I recognize as my own.
  偶尔在阅读中我会发现一些熟悉的概念，有一个仿佛就是我曾经自创的。
• 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。
• 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。