| 单词 | upon the spot | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasupon the spot  d.    upon the spot.extracted from spotn.1adv.  (a)   Then and there, straight away, at once; = on the spot adv. 1.Often the sense ‘at that very location’ is also present to some degree, and so this use may overlap with the sense in  Phrases 1d(b). ΚΠ 1651    J. Cleveland Poems 		(Wing C4684)	 3  				Then have at all, the pass is got, For coming off, oh name it not: Who would not die upon the spot. 1686    tr.  J. Chardin Trav. Persia 229  				Had I drank as much as my neighbours, I had dy'd upon the spot. 1747    B. Kennicott Two Diss.  ii. 168  				Cain, had he only been with his Brother, would certainly have slain him upon the spot. 1783    W. Marsden Hist. Sumatra 193  				This sum shall, when the marriage takes place, be paid upon the spot. 1819    Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 18 Dec. 449  				The next best thing to being able to answer upon the spot, is, to be able to answer the next day. 1880    Tinsley's Mag. Nov. 471/1  				All the prisoners taken are to be shot upon the spot. 1922    L. V. Rule Pioneering in Masonry xv. 210  				Working himself in a perfect frenzy over the thought of losing his money, he died upon the spot. 1969    Church Hist. 38 352  				He taught that ministers should aim at and expect the regeneration of sinners upon the spot, before they left the church. 2011    Evening Gaz. 		(Middlesbrough)	 		(Nexis)	 13 Sept. 17  				This was a poor, panicked decision made upon the spot.  (b)   At the very place or locality in question; at the scene of the event; = on the spot adv. 2. ΚΠ 1655    F. G. tr.  ‘G. de Scudéry’ Artamenes V.  ix. ii. 121  				An object both terrible and glorious, both was to be seen in the wood, for eight or ten men might be seen dead upon the spot. 1699    R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris 		(new ed.)	 209  				The Prizes..for those that perform'd best, were ready upon the spot, and made part of the Procession. 1719    D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 361  				The two Merchants..who liv'd just upon the Spot, and who..were very rich. 1741    R. Challoner Mem. Missionary Priests I. Pref. sig. A2v  				Grave contemporary Writers, informed by such as were upon the Spot, or themselves Eye-witnesses, of what they write. 1779    T. Paine in  Pennsylvania Packet 14 Sept. 2/3  				He is now upon the spot and can any day demand an hearing of Congress. 1834    A. Greaves Æsop, Junior, in Amer. vii. 9  				Did you so? cried the Hog, who was still upon the spot. 1883    W. E. Norris No New Thing II. xv. 50  				She..drove over to Broom Leas in state,..feeling that at least it would be a satisfaction to her to be upon the spot. ?1906    E. S. Ellis  & C. F. Horne Story of Greatest Nations 		(new ed.)	 IV. lxvi. 664  				He had been upon the spot and knew the magnitude of the disaster that had befallen the oppressor. 1952    Illustr. London News 8 Nov. 754/3  				Skill and training..have to be imported because they are not to be found upon the spot. 2015    Western Morning News 		(Nexis)	 23 May (Property section)  				The stone with which it [sc. the hotel] was built came from the hill on which it stood and was carved and formed upon the spot. < as lemmas | 
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