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 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• But, now we must welcome the Azrael to befallen.
  但现在，我们只有等待死神的降临。
• 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。
• A disaster has befallen us.
  灾难降临了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。