| 短语 | descend on/upon |
| 释义 | descend on/uponattack suddenly; visit unexpectedly 突然拜访；突然袭击 * Thieves descended on the travellers and took their money. 盗贼出其不意地袭击旅行者，抢走了他们的钱。 * The enemy descended upon the village at midnight. 敌人在午夜突然袭击了这个小村庄。 * My two old friends descended on me at Christmas. 我的两个老朋友在圣诞节突然来看望我。descend on/upon1.突然袭击：A ferocious wolf descended upon the solitary traveller when he entered a primeval forest and he had to run for his life.当一位孤身的旅行者进入一个原始森林时，一只凶猛的狼突然袭击他，吓得他赶忙逃命。2.突然来到;突然拜访：To my delight，an old friend descended on me last week，whom I had not seen for many years and missed very much.使我高兴的是，上个星期我的一位老朋友突然来拜访我，我已经多年没有见到他了，非常想念。 |
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