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

• 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。
• He turned of a deadly hue, and a sudden horror seemed to fall upon him.
  他的脸色变得死一般地惨白，仿佛陡然为一种恐怖所笼罩着。
• You will all fall upon him in the name of law and order.
  你们都以法律和秩序的名义向这个人猛扑过去。
• I fall upon the earth.
  我跌落在地上。
• I believe they fall upon one another blindly.
  我认为他们瞎了眼似地一个跌倒在另一个身上。
• Let your hand fall upon me and my family.
  愿你的手攻击我和我的父家。
• 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！
• 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。
• From the atmosphere, water molecules fall upon the Earth's surface as rain, snow, hail and sleet.
  水分子以雨、雪、雹和霰的形式从大气圈降落到地表。
• 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。