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

• These political partnerships will ensure a degree of insulation from the type of problems that have befallen BP, while providing oil firms access to markets currently beyond reach.
  这种政治合作将确保国际石油公司一定程度上免受bp那种问题的困扰，同时让它们得以进入目前无法企及的市场。
• A disaster has befallen us.
  灾难降临了。
• One morning to his delight, he saw the animals form in line, charge and then retreat, and afterwards gallop about, appearing greatly contented with the lot that had befallen them.
  一天早上，他欣然看见十二匹马排成一列，向前冲锋，继而退却，然后四处奔驰，似乎对命运十分满意。
• There stood the fair evangeline, a little paler than the day before, but otherwise exhibiting no traces of the accident which had befallen her.
  那里站着美丽的伊凡吉琳，脸色比前一天略为苍白些；否则，简直看不出有任何痕迹说明她遭遇到什么意外事件。
• 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。
• And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the LORD be with us, why then is all this befallen us?
  基甸说，主阿，耶和华若与我们同在，我们何至遭遇这一切事呢。
• It was one of the worst storms that had befallen Tokyo in ages.
  这是一场东京多年不遇的暴风雪。
• The same fate seems to have befallen active equity fund managers.
  如今同样的命运似乎落到了积极股票基金经理人的身上。
• Anastasya is convinced the Mother Namtaru, the Avatar of Asha's Nightmares, can give her clues to unraveling the mystery of all that has befallen her.
  安娜斯塔西娅打算劝说娜姆塔茹蛛母&亚沙噩梦的化身，希望它可以给予自己揭开降临到她身上的这一切谜团的线索。
• The string of disasters that has befallen the nation since then will only add to questions about where the limits of the long-suffering public's patience lie.
  这个国家此后遭遇的连串灾难只会增加疑问：公众的耐心极限在哪里？