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；即将来临
- adv. 在上面地；此后
词源解说
- 1121年进入英语，直接源自古英语的uppan，意为在…上面；最初源自古北欧语的upp，意为向上。
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
请记住，幸福不在于你是谁或者你拥有什么，而仅仅取决于你的心态！ - He was holding a cloth that dripped pink drops upon the floor.
他正拿着一块布，布上粉红色的水滴落在地板上。 - I imagined the eyes of the others in the room upon me.
我觉得屋里其他人似乎都在盯着我。 - We insist upon a definite answer.
我们一定要得到一个肯定的答复. - As we turned the corner , we came upon a group of men who were waiting for the public house to open.
我们转过屋角时碰到一群人等着店开门.
词组短语
- agreed upon 同意;商定;一致同意;特许的
- be upon 逼近;迫近;即将来临
- rest upon 依赖于;依赖;依靠
- count upon 料想;仰赖;指望;依靠
- gain upon 逼近;接近
短语
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
- 根据；接近；在…之上