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。
• The Flower thought she had suddenly come upon the summer.
  这朵花儿以为它已经进入夏天了。
• If you're unlucky enough to come upon one of these dangerous creatures.
  如果你不幸遇上了一个这样的危险生物。
• 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。
• She's come upon our speciai request.
  她是受到我们特殊的邀请。
• Now, when the playtime is over, what is this sudden sight that is come upon me?
  现在，游戏的时光已过，这突然来到我眼前的情景是什么呢？
• I've come upon the word several times.
  这个单词我已经碰到好几次了。
• 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。
• 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。