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单词 come upon
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come upon

1Attack (someone or something) by surprise: they could come upon us without warning and wreak havoc...
  • Later, he had pretended to come upon her by surprise and she had given him a bloody lip that was swollen for a week.
  • The ferocity of her attack surprised even the fierce sea-raiders who had come upon this land from the north, and eventually she carved a path to where the banner lay on the ground.
2 see come on (sense 2.My previous entry dealt with coming upon a younger version of myself as the possessor of endless possibilities as far as the future was concerned....
  • It was like coming upon ancient ruins in a jungle.
  • She tells us the story of coming upon a roadkill buck while taking a much-needed break from writing college papers.
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