He put his handbag on the table.他把手提包放在桌上。 She sat down upon the side of the bed.她在床边上坐了下来。 <辨要>这两个介词都可解作“在......下”,常常可以通用,如上述两句中的 on 和 upon 可以相互替换。在和某些动词结合在一起构成词组时,两者也可交替使用。如:call on(upon)拜访,look on upon...as 把......当作,depend on(upon)依靠,但在句尾一般多用 upon。如: There was not a chair to sit upon.连一把坐的椅子都没有。 在某些固定的习语中,这两个词不能换用,如:on the other hand 另一方面,on strike 罢工,on foot 步行,on holiday 休假,once upon a time从前。
与单词:upon 相关的例句或者名人名言
Once upon a time, there was a temple upon a mountain... 从前有座山,山上有座庙……
Once upon a time, there was a king ruling the country. 很久以前,有一位国王统治着这个国家。
His current work centres upon the study of methodology in teaching.
目前他的工作集中在研究教学法上。
Leave the glass upon the table.
把玻璃杯放在桌上。
※A good book is a best friend who never turns his back upon us. 一本好书,莫逆之交。 ※Let him who knows the instrument play upon it. 让会干的人去干。
※All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income.——Samuel Butler, British writer世人莫不怀着一种与生俱来的欲望,要把支出超过收入,此乃一切进步的动力。英国作家 勃特勒. S.
※In a complex world ,to insist upon simplicity is foolish. Richard Wlokomir, Amercan writer——在复杂的世界上,坚持单纯是愚蠢的。美国作家 沃克摹,R。