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 first question which we ask is, What has befallen you?
  我们要提出的第一个问题就是，你究竟怎麽啦？
• Are you sure of all this, are you sure that nothing ill has befallen my boy?
  这一切都是真的吗，你确实知道我儿子没有遭遇任何不顺利的事吗？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• But New York must contend with the series of disastrous results that have befallen the big Wall Street firms this year.
  但纽约必须应对华尔街大公司今年遭受的一系列灾难性后果。
• 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。
• These words were written in 1960 and the calamity that had befallen Mainland China was the persecution of the scholars, referred to as Da Zheng Feng.
  这诗是1960年写的，正是指责大陆当年如火如荼进行大整风的浩劫。
• 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。
• 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。