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？
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• A disaster has befallen us.
  灾难降临了。
• The troubles that have befallen our nation are extremely serious, and only a scientific approach and a spirit of responsibility can lead it on to the road of liberation.
  我们民族的灾难深重极了，惟有科学的态度和负责的精神，能够引导我们民族到解放之路。
• 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。