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descend on/upon someone/something
phrasal verb with descendverbuk /dɪˈsend/ us /dɪˈsend/
If a group of people descend on a place or person, they arrive, usually without warning or without being invited: 突然造访，突然到达
Sorry to descend on you like this, but we didn't have a phone to call you.如此唐突造访非常抱歉，我们没有电话，不能提前通知你们。
The police descended on the house in the early hours of the morning.凌晨警察突然闯进那所房子。
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descend on/upon someone/somewhere | American Dictionary
descend on/upon someone/somewhere
phrasal verb with descendverb[ I/T ]us/dɪˈsend/
to visit someone or arrive somewhere suddenly, without warning or without being invited:
Tourists descend on Prince Edward Island every summer.
fig. Homesickness descended upon him.
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