In addition to the uses shown below, upon is used in phrasal verbs such as ‘come upon’ and ‘look upon’, and after some other verbs such as ‘decide’ and ‘depend’.
除下列用法外,upon 還可用於 come upon,look upon 等短語動詞中,並可接在 decide,depend等動詞之後。
1PREP 在…上 If one thing is upon another, it is on it. 在…上 [formal]
He set the tray upon the table.
他把盤子放在桌子上。
He bent forward and laid a kiss softly upon her forehead.
他彎身向前,在她額頭上輕輕一吻。
I imagined the eyes of the others in the room upon me.
我覺得屋裏其他人似乎都在盯着我。
2PREP 一…即…;一…就… You use upon when mentioning an event that is followed immediately by another event. 一…即…;一…就… [formal]
The door on the left, upon entering the church, leads to the Crypt of St Issac.
一進教堂左邊的那扇門通往聖以撒墓。
Upon conclusion of these studies, the patient was told that she had a severe problem.
這些研究的結果出來後,病人被告知她的病情嚴重。
3PREP (用於名詞疊用,表示數量多) You use upon between two occurrences of the same noun in order to say that there are large numbers of the thing mentioned. (用於名詞疊用,表示數量多)
Row upon row of women surged forwards.
一排排的女人湧上前去。
I looked across the mountains, ridge upon ridge.
我放眼綿延起伏的群山。
4PREP 將要發生;馬上來臨 If an event is upon you, it is just about to happen. 將要發生;馬上來臨
The long-threatened storm was upon us.
醞釀多時的暴風雨就要向我們襲來。
The wedding season is upon us.
結婚旺季就要來了。
They had to conserve the candles now with winter upon them.