upon
音标发音
- 英式音标 [əˈpɒn]
- 美式音标 [əˈpɑːn]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- prep. 在……之上；即將來臨
- adv. 在上麪地；此後
词源解说
- 1121年進入英語，直接源自古英語的uppan，意爲在…上麪；最初源自古北歐語的upp，意爲曏上。
英汉例句
- Remember, happiness doesn't depend upon who you are or what you have; it depends solely upon what you think.--Dale Carnegie
請記住，幸福不在於你是誰或者你擁有什麽，而僅僅取決於你的心態！ - He was holding a cloth that dripped pink drops upon the floor.
他正拿著一塊佈，佈上粉紅色的水滴落在地板上。 - I imagined the eyes of the others in the room upon me.
我覺得屋裡其他人似乎都在盯著我。 - We insist upon a definite answer.
我們一定要得到一個肯定的答複. - As we turned the corner , we came upon a group of men who were waiting for the public house to open.
我們轉過屋角時碰到一群人等著店開門.
词组短语
- agreed upon 同意;商定;一致同意;特許的
- be upon 逼近;迫近;即將來臨
- rest upon 依賴於;依賴;依靠
- count upon 料想;仰賴;指望;依靠
- gain upon 逼近;接近
短語
英英字典
- on
- If one thing is upon another, it is on it.
- You use upon when mentioning an event that is followed immediately by another event.
- You use upon between two occurrences of the same noun in order to say that there are large numbers of the thing mentioned.
- If an event is upon you, it is just about to happen.
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专业释义
- 根據；接近；在…之上