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

• 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。
• 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？
• This message is to convey our deepest concerns at this tragedy that has befallen your country, and to extend our sincere hope that all of your staff members and families are safe.
  我们籍此信以表达我们对降临在贵国这场灾难最深切的问候，并诚挚地希望你们所有的职员以及他们的家属平安。
• But, now we must welcome the Azrael to befallen.
  但现在，我们只有等待死神的降临。
• There stood the fair evangeline, a little paler than the day before, but otherwise exhibiting no traces of the accident which had befallen her.
  那里站着美丽的伊凡吉琳，脸色比前一天略为苍白些；否则，简直看不出有任何痕迹说明她遭遇到什么意外事件。
• 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。
• "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！”
• The greatest disaster that has ever befallen us.
  我们遭受的最严重的灾难。
• 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。
• 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？