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 还可用于 come upon，look upon 等短语动词中，并可接在 decide，depend等动词之后。
1 PREP 在…上 If one thing is upon another, it is on it. 在…上 [formal]
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He set the tray upon the table.
他把盘子放在桌子上。
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He bent forward and laid a kiss softly upon her forehead.
他弯身向前，在她额头上轻轻一吻。
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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。
2 PREP 一…即…；一…就… You use upon when mentioning an event that is followed immediately by another event. 一…即…；一…就… [formal]
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The door on the left, upon entering the church, leads to the Crypt of St Issac.
一进教堂左边的那扇门通往圣以撒墓。
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Upon conclusion of these studies, the patient was told that she had a severe problem.
这些研究的结果出来后，病人被告知她的病情严重。
3 PREP （用于名词叠用，表示数量多） You use upon between two occurrences of the same noun in order to say that there are large numbers of the thing mentioned. （用于名词叠用，表示数量多）
4 PREP 将要发生；马上来临 If an event is upon you, it is just about to happen. 将要发生；马上来临
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The long-threatened storm was upon us.
酝酿多时的暴风雨就要向我们袭来。
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The wedding season is upon us.
结婚旺季就要来了。
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They had to conserve the candles now with winter upon them.
冬天眼看就要到了，他们不得不把蜡烛省着用。
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