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

• A disaster has befallen us.
  灾难降临了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Somehow I also had to convey confidence to my daughter, to help her endure what had befallen us.
  我还得设法把信心传递给女儿，帮她忍受降临在我们身上的事情。
• 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。
• But, now we must welcome the Azrael to befallen.
  但现在，我们只有等待死神的降临。
• If we had been careful such a calamity would not have befallen us.
  假如我们谨慎的话，这种灾难不会降临到我们的头上。
• 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 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。