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。
• 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。
• A disaster has befallen us.
  灾难降临了。
• 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？
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。