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- 副词 (Adverb)
- Being the target of an action.
- He was set upon by the agitated dogs
- Incidental to a specified point in time or order of action; usually combined with here-, there- or where-.
- The clock struck noon, whereupon the students proceeded to lunch.
- 介系词 (Preposition)
- Being above and in contact with another.
- Place the book upon the table.
- Being directly supported by another.
- The crew set sail upon the sea.
- She balanced upon one foot.
- Being followed by another so as to form a series.
- hours upon hours, years upon years
- At a prescribed point in time.
- The contract was rendered void upon his death.
- On.
- Although the Celebrity was almost impervious to sarcasm, he was now beginning to exhibit visible signs of uneasiness, the consciousness dawning upon him that his eccentricity was not receiving the ovation it merited.
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- 用于句中
- Let America add Mexico to Texas, and pile Cuba upon Canada; let the English overswarm all India, and hang out their blazing banner from the sun [ …] — Herman Melville, Moby-Dick.
- Decorative tilework typically takes the form of mosaic upon the walls, floor, or ceiling of a building
- We might just as well take our stand upon it and fight it out now on both sides of the House as to have it going on and being a perennial sore from year to...
- 用于句首
- Upon infection, dogs can develop distinct clinical manifestations of the disease: asymptomatic, oligosymptomatic, or symptomatic stages.
- Upon arrival at the campsite, they discovered that they had forgotten the tent pegs and had to use rocks and logs to tether the tent instead.
- Upon reception, the data packets are deshuffled by the deshuffler.
- 用于句尾
- Because of the professor's venerability his opinion was often asked, but his actual attendance in committee meetings was not insisted upon.
- Baiting fish is not illegal in this state, but strongly frowned upon.