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

• He was set upon by two masked men.
  他受到两个蒙面人的袭击。
• We were set upon by a band of robbers.
  我们遭到了一帮强盗的袭击。
• The old woman set upon the thief as if mad.
  那个老妇人发疯似地扑向小偷。
• When my sister was six years old, she was attacked, set upon, by three Muggle boys.
  我妹妹六岁时，遭到三个麻瓜男孩的袭击。
• He is set upon by adversities; but he sings a song.
  逆境袭击他，但他却歌唱。
• 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。
• If you want to, you can now set upon exploring environments that are not physical, but I do not see any rush of students at that invisible door!
  如果你想要，你现在就可以探索非物质的环境，但我并未看到有哪个学生冲向那扇看不见的门！
• 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？
• After dinner, he told this story: Three days out of Zans, he was set upon by wild nomads.
  吃完饭，他讲了他的故事：离开赞斯三天后，他遭到了野蛮的游牧人的袭击。
• Then the glass coffin was set upon the mountain.
  然后玻璃棺材被安置在山顶上。