sneak up on

英 [sniːk ʌp ɒn]

美 [sniːk ʌp ɑːn]

偷偷走近; 偷偷挨近; 突然降临; 出其不意地发生

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 偷偷地走近;偷偷地挨近
  If someonesneaks up onyou, they try and approach you without being seen or heard, perhaps to surprise you or do you harm.
  1. I managed to sneak up on him when you knocked on the door.
     你敲门的时候，我设法悄悄靠近了他。
• PHRASAL VERB 突然降临;出其不意地发生
  If somethingsneaks up onyou, it happens or occurs when you are not expecting it.
  1. Sometimes our expectations sneak up on us unawares.
     有些时候，我们期待的事情会不期而至。

双语例句

• And don't sneak up on me again!
  你不要再在后面吓我了！
• I thought I'd sneak up on him and give him a surprise.
  我打算趁他不注意突然走到他身边让他大吃一惊。
• It doesn't really sneak up on me anymore.
  再也不会被我疏忽掉了。
• Leslie: If we had a troll hunter, we could track its scent and sneak up on it.
  莱斯利：如果我们有一个巨魔猎人，我们可以跟踪其气味和偷袭它。
• You can try repositioning yourself within the cubicle so that people cannot sneak up on you.
  你可以重新调整自己在小隔间的位置，以防同事们悄悄地靠近你而把你吓到。
• Except when you sneak up on an unarmed old man.
  除了会偷袭一个手无寸铁的老人。
• How to propose to your girlfriend: Dress up like a giant panda, sneak up behind her on a train, and drop down on one knee.
  求婚新招：把自己穿成一只大熊猫，在高铁上悄悄接近她，然后跪下来向她求婚。
• Do you expect to sneak up on him?
  你指望能悄悄地偷袭他吗？
• Male giraffes are preyed upon more often than the smaller females; they generally spend more time alone, so lions can sneak up on them.
  比起体型较小的雌性长颈鹿，雄性长颈鹿更常被捕食。它们通常会花更多时间独处，所以狮子得以悄悄地接近它们。
• "Tom sawyer, you are just as mean as you can be, to sneak up on a person and look at what they're looking at."
  “汤姆索亚，你真卑鄙，偷看别人，还偷看人家正在看的东西。”