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

• 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。
• 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。
• A disaster has befallen us.
  灾难降临了。
• The greatest disaster that has ever befallen us.
  我们遭受的最严重的灾难。
• 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。
• "Alas, what a ruin has befallen thee!" said Hester, with the tears, gushing into her eyes." Wilt thou die for very weakness? There is no other cause!"
  “天啊！你已经给毁成什么样子啦！”海丝特说着，泪水涌进了她的眼睛。“你难道就因为软弱而要死吗？此外再没有别的原因了！”
• But, now we must welcome the Azrael to befallen.
  但现在，我们只有等待死神的降临。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。