1.猛烈攻擊某人/物Bandits fell upon the village and robbed many inhabitants. 土匪襲擊了那座村莊, 搶劫了許多村民的財物。The children fell upon the food and ate it greedily. 孩子們爭先恐後地搶到食物, 狼作虎咽地吃起來。
2.由某人承擔(或負擔)The full cost of the wedding fell upon me. 婚禮的全部費用都由我負擔。
從一堆中無意瞥見, 挑出, 碰巧看到注意到, 視線恰巧落在Her eyes lighted upon the row of boxes, and asked what was in them. 她的眼無意中瞥見一排盒子, 即問到裡面裝的是什麼。His eyes lighted upon a rare book in the second hand bookseller's. 在舊書店中, 他的視線碰巧落在一本珍本書上。