upon

音标发音

• 英式音标 [əˈpɒn]
• 美式音标 [əˈpɑːn]
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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。

同根派生

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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.

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词组短语

短語

• 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

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英英字典

劍橋英英字典

• on

柯林斯英英字典

• 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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• upon柯林斯字典

专业释义

商業

• 根據；接近；在…之上