befallen

英 [bɪˈfɔːlən]

美 [bɪˈfɔːlən]

v.  降临到(某人)头上; 发生在(某人)身上
befall的过去分词

柯林斯词典

• VERB （不幸或不好的事）降临到…头上，发生在…身上
  If something bad or unluckybefallsyou, it happens to you.
  1. ...the disaster that befell the island of Flores.
     降临到弗洛里斯岛的灾难

双语例句

• The numbers are a stark reminder of what has befallen a company that played a central part in the postwar rise of Silicon Valley.
  这些数字提醒人们，这家在战后硅谷崛起过程中发挥中流砥柱作用的企业，经历了何种起伏波折。
• The troubles that have befallen our nation are extremely serious, and only a scientific approach and a spirit of responsibility can lead it on to the road of liberation.
  我们民族的灾难深重极了，惟有科学的态度和负责的精神，能够引导我们民族到解放之路。
• If the affliction is now affecting China, then it will have befallen all the large economies.
  如果说这种苦恼正在影响中国，那么它会降临所有大型经济体。
• And Benitez insists it was vital that he understood the economic situation at Anfield in order to prevent the Reds suffering the same fate which has befallen Leeds United in recent times.
  并且，贝尼斯特强调，这是必要的。他了解现在安菲尔德的财政状况，为了防止红军遭遇前不久类似利兹联的命运。
• In His presence you will forget all the harm and disgrace that shall have befallen you.
  在祂的尊前，你会忘掉施加给你的一切伤害和侮辱。
• Nascent signs of the capital flight that has befallen other Asian economies, prompting currency depreciation and subsequent exchange market intervention, are starting to surface.
  正在浮现的初步迹象显示，其它亚洲经济体遇到了资本的外逃，导致本币贬值以及随后的外汇市场干预。
• There is plenty of scope for regret when one looks back at the Arab uprisings, and particularly at the catastrophe that has befallen Libya, which is riven by sectarian strife.
  当回首阿拉伯起义时，有很多令人遗憾的地方，尤其是降临利比亚的灾难，这个国家正被教派冲突撕裂。
• On Friday Carrie remembered her appointment with hurstwood, and the passing of the hour when she should, by all right of promise, have been in his company served to keep the calamity which had befallen her exceedingly fresh and clear.
  星期五，嘉莉想起她和赫斯渥有个约会。她看着他们约会的那个小时一分分地过去，心里重新清晰地感受到自己身受的灾难。
• She told him what unexpected things had befallen her, and then added, I am truly delighted at having found an opportunity of sending something to my poor husband.
  她告诉他她所遇到的意外之事，然后说：我真高兴有机会送点东西给我可怜的丈夫。
• And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends every thing that had befallen him.
  将所遇的一切事，详细说给他的妻细利斯，和他的众朋友听。