词组 | loose upon |
释义 | Phr V loose upon be loosed on/upon sb/sth (always passive) literary if a destructive force is loosed on people or a place, it is suddenly allowed to have its full effect on themAnarchy would be loosed on our roads if we didn't have police to enforce the rules. loose on/upon literary loose sth on sb/sth • loose sth upon sb/sth usually passive to allow something very dangerous to harm people or destroy something: Although no one realised it at the time, a deadly disease had been loosed on the public. The power of the bomb was loosed on Nagasaki on August 9th.■ SIMILAR TO: unleash |
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