upon
[ə'pɔn]
prep.在 ... 上, 紧接着, 逼近
例句与用法:
Once upon a time, there was an old man living in a small village.
从前,在一个小村庄里住着一位老人。
The results reflect the greatest credit upon all concerned.
这些成绩带给所有有关人员最大的荣誉。
In no respect can he be looked upon as a good husband.
无论在哪一方面他都不能被看作是个好丈夫。
All our hopes rested upon this venture.
我们所有的希望都寄托在这次冒险上了。
His eyes fell upon (ie he saw) an advertisement in the magazine.
他看到杂志上的一则广告上。
Her wavy hair fell in loose wisps and loops upon her shoulders.
她那一头波浪般的长发一簇簇一圈圈地散垂在肩上。
Once upon a time, there lived a princess who was very beautiful.
从前,有一位非常美丽的公主。
prep.
1. 在……之上, 在……上面
He laid a hand upon my shoulder.
他把一只手放在我肩上。
2. 在……后立即
3. 根据; 依靠
We acted upon his instructions.
我们根据他的指示办事。
4. 接近
5. 对着, 向
6. (走)上……, (爬)上……
He climbed upon his horse.
他爬上马背。
7. 在做……之中
8. 关于
upon
■News reporters camped upon his doorstep day and night.
一些新闻记者日夜在他门口纠缠不走。
■A body of the enemy hung upon their rear.
一伙敌人紧紧地跟在他们的后面。
■Upon receiving your letter, I was as happy as could be.
一收到你的信,我非常高兴。
■Immediately upon receipt of shipping advice, we will send the shipping documents through The Bank of China, Tianjin.
一旦接到装船通知,我们将立即通过中国银行天津分行寄出装运单据给你方。
■A probability model in which each event depends upon the previous event.
一种概率模型,其中每一事件取决于前面的事件。
■A terrible silence descended upon the whole hall.
一阵可怕的寂静突然笼罩着整个厅堂。
■I came upon him in town last week.
上星期我在城里碰见他。
■He is not a wise man who cannot play the fool upon occasions.
不会在必要的情况下装傻的人,不是聪明人。
■Don't build upon his promise.
不要信赖他的诺言。
■Do not seat your love upon a precipice because it is high.
不要因为峭壁是高的,便让你的爱情坐在峭壁上。
■Cross and angry words in family grate upon the ear.
不高兴与生气的话在一个家庭里令人不愉快。
■After the founding of the People's Republic of China entered upon a new historical stage.
人民共和国成立后,中国就进入了一个新的历史时期。
■Once upon a time there was a princess.
从前有一个公主。
■Once upon a time, there was an old man living in a small village.
从前,在一个小村庄里住着一位老人。
■Once upon a time, there lived a princess who was very beautiful.
从前,有一位非常美丽的公主。
■Our room opened upon a view of the bay.
从我们房间可以看到海湾。
■He fell upon the new idea and after a long time of hard work wrote an important paper on it.
他下苦功思考这一新观点,经过长时间的艰苦工作,写了一篇论文,对此进行阐述。
■He unwarily tread upon a viper asleep just before his feet.
他不小心踩到正睡在他脚前的蛇上。
■He was too wise to be imposed upon by fair words spoken without sincerity.
他人极聪明,毫无诚意的花言巧语骗不了他。
■Many of them couldn't get along upon their wages.
他们中间很多人那时不能靠工资过活。
■During their journey they came upon many sand dunes piled up by the winds.
他们在路上看到许多被风吹积而成的沙丘。
■The hope of making further discoveries led them to venture upon a second voyage.
他们希望有新的发现,于是大胆进行了第二次航行。
■It would be trespassing upon their generosity to accept any more.
他们虽然慷慨,但是如果我们再多拿,就太过分了。
■The accident rushed upon them before they had time to collect their wits.
他们还没来得及定神,那事故就降临到他们头上。
■He hit upon a photo taken ten years ago.
他偶然发现一张十年前拍的照片。
■He upon the solution to the problem almost by accident.
他几平出于偶然而想出了解决问题的办法。
■He shut down upon his anger and sat down.
他压住心头的怒火坐了下来。
■He was set upon by two masked men.
他受到两个蒙面人的袭击。
■"Goodbye, " he said, and upon that we left his office.
他向我们说"再见", 于是我们就离开了他的办公室。
■An ingenious idea suddenly came upon him when he was taking a walk with his wife.
他和他夫人散步时突然想到了一个绝妙的主意。
■He was sentenced to be guilty of intrusion upon my privacy.
他因侵犯我的隐私权被判有罪。
■He sat in an armchair smiling upon me.
他坐在沙发里朝我微笑。
■He sat there meditating upon his misfortunes.
他坐在那里沉思自己的不幸遭遇。
■He takes ground upon his own views.
他坚持自己的意见。
■He is too timid to venture upon a new undertaking.
他太胆小,不敢从事新的事业。
■His evil doings rebounded upon himself.
他干坏事而自食其果。
■Never in his life had he gazed upon such splendid scenes.
他平生从未见过如此美丽的景色。
■He lined out a few songs upon request.
他应邀演唱了几首歌曲。
■He tried to exercise an undue influence upon his colleagues.
他想对他的同事施加不适当的影响。
■He burst in upon our conversation.
他打断了我们的话。
■He patterned himself upon a man he admired.
他模仿一位他钦佩的人。
■He patterns himself upon his father.
他模仿父亲。
■He fling himself upon his horse and ride madly off in all directions.
他猛地骑上马背、疯狂地向四面八方奔驰去了。
■His classmates always ran upon him.
他的同班同学爱戏弄他。
■Looking about for a wife, he cast his eyes upon Miss Yates.
他的物色妻子时,目光落在耶茨小姐身上。
■His actions brought shame upon his parents.
他的行为使他的双亲蒙受耻辱。
■His words were lost upon the students.
他的话对于学生没有什么影响。
■His words greatly acted upon us.
他的话对我们深有影响。
■His eyes fell upon (ie he saw) an advertisement in the magazine.
他看到杂志上的一则广告上。
■A fresh idea flashed upon his mind.
他突然想到一个新主意。