dawn on/upon

释义：除了discover和find之类的常规用法，在留学文书里还可以用这个词组来表示意外发现了某个事实，或某个情况突然对自己变得明确了。这个用法客观的意味比较浓一些。

例句：
Then it dawned upon me that I was actually going to have the job.
On the way home, it dawned on me that I had never returned your call, so when I got home I called immediately.