| 单词 | upon |
| 释义 | upon I. 1. 2. a. < jumped upon the horse > b. < built a house upon the hill > 3. < the enchantment of the beautiful scenery was still upon me — Scott Fitzgerald > < the hush upon the dinner table — Maurice Hewlett > 4. — used as a function word to indicate the one by which an oath is taken or by which one swears < upon my word > 5. obsolete < was upon this fashion bequeathed me by will — Shakespeare > 6. a. (1) < the enemy is upon us > < despondency fell upon me — O.S.J.Gogarty > < summer holidays are upon us — Alex Atkinson > (2) < came upon the letter in an old desk > < hits upon a solution > b. archaic (1) < talk with him on this subject, for I see he is upon settling one — Thomas Gray > (2) < has the largest single group … in the world (just upon 70 millions) — Spectator > 7. < perform upon the unguarded — Shakespeare > 8. — used as a function word to indicate (1) a beginning course of action or an action or condition that is beginning < students desiring to enter upon graduate training — College of William & Mary Cat. > or (2) an area of activity or being < a dashing young ensign just come upon the town — Washington Irving > 9. a. < are hereby charged, upon your peril, to pay strict attention — C.S.Forester > b. obsolete < upon my blessing I command thee go — Shakespeare > 10. a. (1) < upon his death, she went on the … stage — Marie A. Kasten > (2) < upon the demand of government leaders … arrangements were made this year — Wheeler McMillen > < transcripts are sent upon the request of the particular student — Bulletin of Meharry Medical College > b. < tells us what combinations of traits occur upon the mixture of two racial types — Ruth Benedict > < a yoke which men of spirit will throw off upon the first favorable opportunity — Harper's > 11. archaic < to die upon the hand I love so well — Shakespeare > 12. chiefly Scotland < was married … upon my Uncle Robin — R.L.Stevenson > II. 1. a. obsolete < a coin that bears the figure of an angel stamped in gold, but that's insculped upon — Shakespeare > b. archaic 2. obsolete < followed hard upon — Shakespeare > |
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