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

• I know that it is my fault that this great storm has come upon you.
  我知道你们遭这大风，是因我的缘故。
• 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。
• I've come upon the word several times.
  这个单词我已经碰到好几次了。
• No! Do not let me see the misery that would come upon my father.
  恐怕我看见灾祸临到我父亲身上。
• 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？
• 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。
• I come upon a group of children play in the street.
  我遇到一群孩子在街上玩耍。
• "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。
• He said to himself,@ Surely this has come upon me because of my sin.
  他自言自语说：这一定是我罪过的报应。饿狼自言自语地说：我好笨啊我可以向他问路，她自言自语地说。
• 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。