creep up on

英 [kriːp ʌp ɒn]

美 [kriːp ʌp ɑːn]

缓慢地悄悄靠近; （感觉或状态）不知不觉地开始影响（某人），不知不觉地产生

双语例句

• I would guess that modern humans, with no natural predators but themselves, and with all their toys and mental constructs and cosy rooms, are relatively easy to creep up on.
  我不妨猜想，现代人除了自身之外并没有其他天然的掠夺者，还拥有一切玩具、精神构建和舒适房间，相对而言容易麻痹大意，受到偷袭。
• Mr Mittal must be hoping that a similar fate does not creep up on his company in the next few years.
  米塔尔必定希望，自己的公司不要在未来几年遭受类似的命运。
• Most crises, notably the big ones, creep up on us from unsuspected quarters. As Keynes wisely observed: The inevitable never happens.
  大多数危机尤其是那些规模较大的危机都是从未知角落蹑手蹑脚地向我们逼近。正如凯恩斯（Keynes）的至理名言所说：不可避免之事从来不会发生。
• Anorexia can creep up on young girls when they least expect it.
  年轻女子可能在最没有防备的情况下患上厌食症。
• A sense of unreality was beginning to creep up on me.
  我开始慢慢体验到一种虚幻感。
• The hypothetical boiled frog is a useful metaphor for a very real problem: the difficulty of responding to disasters that creep up on you a bit at a time.
  这种在理论假设上被煮的青蛙，是对一个非常实际问题的贴切比喻，即，每次对悄然靠近你一些的灾难的反应很迟缓。
• Darkness shrouds those who would creep up on us, so be wary.
  瓦里格：黑暗会掩盖着意图袭击我们的邪恶，所以大家要小心。
• But they're expected to creep up in coming years as the cost of increasingly stringent clean-air regulations are passed on to customers.
  但是电费在未来几年肯定会上涨，因此清洁空气持续严厉法规的成本已转嫁到消费者身上。
• Recessions are spectacular and obvious; recoveries tend to creep up on you.
  衰退一般都是轰轰烈烈又明显可见的；复苏却往往悄然降临。
• A bad habit can creep up on you if you don't monitor your behavior.
  若不监督自己的行为，你会沾染恶习。