fall upon

英 [fɔːl əˈpɒn]

美 [fɔːl əˈpɑːn]

【参见】fall on

英英释义

verb

• 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:strikecome uponlight uponchance uponcome acrosschance onhappen uponattaindiscover

双语例句

• Then fearing lest we should fall upon rough places, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.
  他们又怕我们碰在礁石上，就从船尾抛下四个锚，切望天亮。
• I fall upon the thorns of life!
  我在生活的荆棘上跌倒！
• Did the sun, which shone so brightly everywhere else, really fall upon him?
  那普照四方的明亮的太阳是不是也当真能照到他身上呢？
• And it would appear that each brick is about to fall upon me.
  而且似乎每一块砖头都想砸我。
• If the stone fall upon the egg, alas for the egg!
  假如巨石砸到鸡蛋上，为可怜的鸡蛋祈祷吧！
• What have they done? O Lord my God, let your hand fall upon me and my family, but do not let this plague remain on your people.
  愿耶和华我神的手攻击我和我的父家，不要攻击你的民，降瘟疫与他们。
• That calamities fall upon societies such as ours, often without warning.
  灾难常常不提前预警就降临到我们的社会。
• I fall upon the thorns of life, I bleed.
  我倒在人生的荆棘上，淌着血。
• So, our sorrows must not only threaten, but they must really fall upon us.
  忧愁不只是轻微地威胁我们，乃是沉重地落在我们身上。
• Diana enjoins her worshippers to spy on, track, fall upon his prey.
  戴安娜加入她的崇拜者一起窥探，追踪，猎取他的猎物。