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。

同根派生

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

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

英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• 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.

专业释义

商业

• 根据；接近；在…之上