prep. 根据；接近；在…之上
英 [ə'pɒn] 美 [ə'pɑn]
权威例句
- 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！
来自金山词霸 每日一句 - 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。
来自柯林斯例句 - 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。
来自柯林斯例句 - Do you think she could be prevailed upon to do those things?
你觉得有可能说服她去做那些事情吗？
来自柯林斯例句 - The city was walled and built upon a rock.
这座城市建在岩石上，四周筑有城墙。
来自柯林斯例句
中文词源
upon 在上面
来自短语up on.
英文词源
upon (prep.)
early 12c., from Old English uppan (prep.) "on, upon, up to, against," from up (adv.) + on (prep.); probably influenced by Scandinavian sources such as Old Norse upp a.
upon (adv.)
Old English upon; see up (adv.) + on (prep.).
