set upon

英 [set əˈpɒn]

美 [set əˈpɑːn]

突然攻击; 袭击

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 突然攻击;袭击
  If youare set uponby people, they make a sudden and unexpected physical attack on you.
  1. We were set upon by about twelve youths and I was kicked unconscious.
     我们遭到了大约 12 名青年的袭击，我被踢晕过去了。

双语例句

• We were set upon by about twelve youths and I was kicked unconscious.
  我们遭到了大约12名青年的袭击，我被踢晕过去了。
• In 1991 he and his friends defended themselves against some white racist thugs who set upon them for no other reason than their skin colour.
  1991年，他和朋友在面对几个仅仅因为肤色就攻击他们的白人种族主义暴徒时奋起自卫。
• He is set upon by adversities; but he sings a song.
  逆境袭击他，但他却歌唱。
• Or set upon a golden bough to sing
  或者就镶在金树枝上歌唱
• Then the glass coffin was set upon the mountain.
  然后玻璃棺材被安置在山顶上。
• His mind was now set upon the dollar problem; this was grim indeed.
  他现在把全部心思都用来考虑美元问题；这的确是一个困难的问题。
• The old woman set upon the thief as if mad.
  那个老妇人发疯似地扑向小偷。
• As he left the theatre, the singer was set upon by fans.
  歌星离开剧院时，遭到了歌迷们的围困。
• Roll the dough out and place it on a baking pan with baking paper. Spread the apricot jam on top of it. The two boys frantically grabbed the rolling pin and the coal shovel and set upon their father.
  取出面团放到铺了烤纸的烤盘上，擀开，然后把果酱均匀的抹上。两个孩子急了，一个拿起煤铲，一个抄起擀面杖，和爸爸拚了命。
• If a child is set upon by a pack of hounds, does it matter which one tears out his throat?
  若一个孩子被一群猎狗袭击，是哪一个撕烂了他的喉咙又有什么不同？